Percival Leitch Hussey (23 June 1869 – 13 May 1944) was an Australian sportsman. He played first-class

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for

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for the Rovers Football Club in the West Australian Football Association (WAFA), and was also a noted runner.

Career

Hussey was born in

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, Western Australia in 1869. He played several matches for the Rovers Football Club in the late 1880s and early 1890s, and also played for Perth against

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in the annual cricket match in 1886. He later played for Metropolitans in the WACA District competition. From 1890, he served as secretary of the general committee of the

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, and in this role was responsible for the procurement of the Perth Recreation Ground for the use of the association. In 1893, he was a member of the first representative cricket team from Western Australia to tour interstate, playing four matches on the tour, two of which were accorded first-class status. His highest score on tour was 14, against

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batting at number seven. Hussey was also a noted runner – '' The Western Mail'' wrote in March 1891: " ewas reckoned the best runner in the colony about twelve months ago". Hussey emigrated to

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in the early 20th century, where he died in 1944.

Family

A son Percival Francis Leitch Hussey (6 July 1897 – 11 November 1954) was a noted medical practitioner and yachtsman. Another son, Howard Leitch Hussey (ca.1899 – 15 November 1988), served in World War I and repatriated in 1919 affected by poison gas.

References

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