George Hanmer Leycester (12 July 1763 — 6 October 1838) was an English amateur cricketer who made 50 known appearances in first-class cricket matches between 1790 and 1808.
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| Full name | George Hanmer Leycester | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1763 Simpson, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 October 1838 (aged 75) Marylebone, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1790–1808 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
| 1791–1808 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||
| 1791–1897 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 June 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Life and cricket edit
The son of The Reverend Ralph Leycester and Susanna Hanmer, he was born at in July 1763 at Simpson, Buckinghamshire. He came of the well-known Cheshire family, the Leycesters of Tabley.[1]: 494
Leycester was educated at Eton College,[2] before matriculating to Christ Church, Oxford in 1782; however, he gained his degree from Merton College, Oxford in 1788 and his master's in 1790.[3] A student Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in the same year that he gained his master's degree.[3]
Leycester was one of the leading cricketers in the final decade of the 1700s and the first decade of the 1800s. He made his debut in first-class cricket in 1790 for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Hornchurch at Lord's Old Ground.[4] Leycester was mainly associated with Surrey and the MCC, but also represented Hampshire, amongst other teams.[5] He was an occasional patron of cricket, his own team appearing in a first-class match in 1802. Leycester played for the Gentlemen in the inaugural and second Gentlemen v Players matches in 1806.[6][7] In 50 first-class matches, Leycester scored 922 runs at an average of 10.35 with a highest score of 49.[8]
Leycester died at his Portland Place residence in October 1838; he was survived by his widow, Charlotte Jemima.[9]
References edit
- ^ Woods, G. S. (1912). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 494–496. OCLC 9509803.
- ^ Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur (1921). Eton College Register 1753–1790. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. p. 334.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Leycester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
- ^ "Gentlemen v Players, 1806". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Gentlemen v Players, 1806". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Leycester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Deaths. Derby Mercury. 26 February 1851. p. 3