Patrick George Leeson (17 July 1915 – 12 May 1997) was an English

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er: a right-handed batsman who played a single first-class match for

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against

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in July 1936. Oddly, in that game he was dismissed in both innings by a

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bowler who was to take seven wickets in that innings: first for a

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Vallance Jupp Vallance William Crisp Jupp (27 March 1891 – 9 July 1960) was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire. Jupp also played eight Test matches for England, and was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in ...

, and then for 7 by Austin Matthews. Leeson made one catch, to dismiss another Test player, Fred Bakewell. Leeson bowled right arm off-breaks, but never sent down a delivery in first-class cricket. He was born in

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; he died in Leicester at the age of 81.

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