William Leach (cricketer, born 1851)

William Edmund Leach (7 November 1851 – 30 November 1932) was an English cricketer who played in New Zealand for Canterbury and in England for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He was born at Rochdale in 1851 and died in Buckinghamshire in 1932. He appeared in six first-class matches as a righthanded batsman, scoring 235 runs with a highest score of 56 and held one catch.[1]

After his cricket career, Leach owned a sugar plantation in Argentina.[2]

References

  1. ↑ William Leach, CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 November 2024. (subscription required)
  2. ↑ McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-905138-98-2. Retrieved 27 April 2026.