John Leith (cricketer)

John Leith (31 May 1857 – 28 July 1928) was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer who made a single first-class appearance for Otago during the 1880–81 season.[1]

Leith was born at Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, the eldest son of Peter and Amelia Leith,[2] but educated at the Middle District School in Dunedin. Professionally he worked as a clerk.[3]

Leith played for an Otago of 22 players against the touring Australians in January 1881 before making his only first-class appearance the following month in the fixture against Canterbury, scoring a total of five runs in the match. The following season he played against an English touring team in a team of 18 Otago players.[4]

Leith died at Dunedin in 1928 aged 71.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 John Leith, CricInfo. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Deaths, Evening Star, issue 19931, 30 July 1928, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 10 November 2023.)
  3. ↑ McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 80. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  4. ↑ John Leith, CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2023. (subscription required)
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