Leslie McLean
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Full name | Leslie Eric McLean | ||||||||||||||
Born | 19 April 1918 Lynton, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 16 December 1987 Guildford, Surrey, England | (aged 69)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1936–1939 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||
1939 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 July 2019 |
Leslie Eric McLean (19 April 1918 – 16 December 1987) was an English first-class cricketer.
McLean was born in April 1918 at Lynton, Devon. He was educated at Bishop's Stortford College,[1] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Derbyshire at Oxford in 1939. He made two further first-class appearances in 1939, against Lancashire and the Free Foresters.[3] He scored a total of 79 runs in these three matches, with a high score of 51.[4] He had made his debut in minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire in 1936, with McLean playing minor counties cricket until 1939, making a total of thirteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[5]
His first-class and minor counties career was ultimately cut short by the Second World War. He served in the war with the Royal Marines, enlisting as a second lieutenant in November 1939.[6] He was made an acting temporary lieutenant in March 1940,[7] before being made a temporary lieutenant in April 1940.[8] He died at Guildford in December 1987.
References
[edit]- ^ "Teams Leslie McLean played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ Oxford University Calendar. University of Oxford. 1943. p. 583.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Leslie McLean". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Leslie McLean". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Leslie McLean". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "No. 34724". The London Gazette. 3 November 1939. p. 7409.
- ^ "No. 34807". The London Gazette. 8 March 1940. p. 1393.
- ^ "No. 34854". The London Gazette. 21 May 1940. p. 3031.
External links
[edit]- 1918 births
- 1987 deaths
- People from North Devon (district)
- People educated at Bishop's Stortford College
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- English cricketers
- Hertfordshire cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Royal Marines personnel of World War II
- Royal Marines officers
- Cricketers from Devon
- Military personnel from Devon