Ian Bruce Leggat (born 7 June 1930) is a former New Zealand

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er who played in one

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in 1954. His cousin,

Gordon Leggat John Gordon Leggat (27 May 1926 – 9 March 1973) was a New Zealand cricketer who played nine Test matches for New Zealand in the 1950s as an opening batsman. He was later a leading cricket administrator. His cousin Ian Leggat also played Test ...

, also played Test cricket for

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Early life

Leggat was born in

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. He attended

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from 1944 to 1948, where he was a prefect and played for the school's 1st XI cricket and 1st XV rugby teams.

Cricket career

Leggat played

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for

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from 1950–51 to 1961–62. In 1952–53 he and

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added 239 for the ninth wicket for Central Districts against

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. Leggat scored 142 not out batting at number 10. It was his first fifty in first-class cricket; he did not score another until 1958–59. This innings helped him to score 212 runs at 53.00 in 1952–53; he also took 7 wickets at 40.14. He was a surprise selection for the tour of South Africa in 1953-54. In eight first-class games on the tour he made 138 runs at 12.54 and took 5 wickets at 33.60. He played in the Third Test, making a

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and taking no wickets in three overs, and taking two catches. He scored one more century, 115 against

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in 1959–60, and took his best bowling figures, 5 for 60, against Canterbury in 1961–62. He played in the trial match in 1958-59 and took 4 for 21 and 3 for 27 for

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against

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, but was not selected for the subsequent Tests against England. Leggat also played for

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in the

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from 1947 to 1969. He holds the record for the number of runs in Hawke Cup challenge matches, 1,968 at an average of 35.78 in 38 matches, and is third in the bowling, with 134 wickets at an average of 16.03. When a Hawke Cup "

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" was selected to mark the centenary of the competition in 2011, he was one of the 11 players chosen. Leggat is the last surviving player from Central Districts' inaugural first-class team in December 1950.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leggat, Ian 1930 births Living people New Zealand Test cricketers New Zealand cricketers Central Districts cricketers People educated at Nelson College Cricketers from Invercargill South Island cricketers

Early life

Cricket career

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