Charles Philip Leese (22 May 1889 – 19 January 1947) was an English
cricket
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er active from 1908 to 1911 who played for
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
. He was born in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
and died in
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
. He appeared in 16
first-class matches
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as a righthanded
batsman
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, scoring 341
runs with a highest score of 48 and held five catches.
Charles Leese at CricketArchive
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Leese married Ethel Speakman, but they divorced, and she later married architect Maxwell Fry
Edwin Maxwell Fry, CBE, RA, FRIBA, FRTPI, known as Maxwell Fry (2 August 1899 – 3 September 1987), was an English modernist architect, writer and painter.
Originally trained in the neo-classical style of architecture, Fry grew to favour the n ...
.
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1889 births
1947 deaths
English cricketers
Lancashire cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Oxford University cricketers
Cricketers from Manchester
Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
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