Reginald Vincent le Bas (26 July 1856 — 7 July 1938) was an English first-class

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er, solicitor and barrister. The son of the clergyman Henry Vincent le Bas, he was born in July 1856 at Friern Barnet, Middlesex. He was educated at Cheltenham College and became a solicitor after leaving Cheltenham. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1882. He was dismissed twice in the match for nought, by Robert Ramsay and C. Aubrey Smith respectively. le Bas later became a barrister, passing the bar exam in October 1894 and gaining admittance as a barrister to

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. le Bas died in July 1938 at Winsford, Somerset.West Country News in a Nutshell. ''

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''. 10 September 1938. p. 12 His nephew was the British Army officer and cricketer

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:le Bas, Reginald 1856 births 1938 deaths Cricketers from the London Borough of Barnet People educated at Cheltenham College English solicitors English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Members of Lincoln's Inn English barristers