Leonard Stanley Monk (14 November 1873 – 21 July 1948) was a New Zealand

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er. He played one first-class match for

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during 1901–02 season. Born at

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in 1873,McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 94. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) Monk was a fast bowler of considerable pace. After one first-class match in December 1901 in which he secured four wickets cheaply, and Otago won, he left Dunedin to tour with the Hawtrey Comedy Company, which also fielded a cricket team on its tours. He remained in the theatre as an actor and manager, touring in Australia and New Zealand. He represented the Shakespearean actor

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in the 1920s. Monk served with the Australian forces in World War One. He married Elsie Stephanie Austin in July 1934 and died at Edgecliff in

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in 1948 at the age of 74.

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* 1873 births 1948 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Dunedin Theatre managers and producers Australian military personnel of World War I {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1870s-stub