{{short description|Australian cricketer and engineer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Leonidas Bott | image = | country = Australia | fullname = Leonidas Cecil Bott | birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|7|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|8|21|1889|7|14|df=yes}} | death_place = Perth, Western Australia | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = Batsman | club1 = Western Australia | year1 = {{nowrap|1912/13–1925/26}}
| type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 25 October | debutyear1 = 1912 | debutfor1 = Western Australia | debutagainst1 = South Australia | lastdate1 = 21 November | lastyear1 = 1925 | lastfor1 = Western Australia | lastagainst1 = South Australia
| columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 14 | runs1 = 400 | bat avg1 = 16.66 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 54 | deliveries1 = 214 | wickets1 = 4 | bowl avg1 = 31.75 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/3 | catches/stumpings1 = 7/–
| date = 14 November | year = 2011 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15774/15774.html CricketArchive }} '''Leonidas Cecil Bott''' (14 July 1889 – 21 August 1968) was an Australian cricketer and engineer who played 14 first-class matches for Western Australia between 1912 and 1925.
Born in Adelaide, Bott was educated at Perth Boys' School and Christian Brothers' College, and later received a scholarship to study at the University of Adelaide. He played WACA grade cricket with North Fremantle, Perth, North Perth and Mount Lawley, and also played a number of games for Western Australia before and after the First World War, captaining the side in two matches in 1922 and 1924.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15774/statistics_lists.html First-class matches played by Leonidas Bott] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 November 2011.</ref> He was named in the Perth Cricket Club Team of the Century in 2012.
Bott worked as an engineer, and was involved in the construction of the Kalgoorlie–Port Augusta railway in 1912.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57738190 THE COMMONWEALTH GAZETTE] – ''The Sunday Times''. Published 16 June 1912. Retrieved from ''Trove'', 14 November 2011.</ref> He later served as assistant-superintending engineer at the Victorian Postmaster-General's Department.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32869103 REMINISCENCES OF MR. L. C. BOTT] – ''The West Australian''. Published 24 July 1935. Retrieved from ''Trove'', 14 November 2011.</ref> In 1953, he was awarded the Coronation Medal of Queen Elizabeth II.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1953-06-03 |title=Queen Gives Coronation Medals To Many In West Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55807829 |access-date=2025-07-24 |work=West Australian}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Western Australia cricket captains
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