Les Lenham

{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Les Lenham | image = Cricket_no_pic.png | caption = | fullname = Leslie John Lenham | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|5|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = Worthing, Sussex, England | death_date = | death_place = | family = Neil Lenham (son)<br />Archie Lenham (grandson) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off-spin | club1 = Sussex | year1 = 1956–1970 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 300 | runs1 = 12,796 | bat avg1 = 26.16 | 100s/50s1 = 7/66 | top score1 = 191* | deliveries1 = 562 | wickets1 = 6 | bowl avg1 = 51.80 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/24 | catches/stumpings1= 110/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 23 | runs2 = 396 | bat avg2 = 19.80 | 100s/50s2 = 0/1 | top score2 = 70 | deliveries2 = 0 | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = n/a | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2= 4/– | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/leslie-lenham-16550 Cricinfo | date = 15 January | year = 2014 }} '''Leslie John Lenham''' (born 24 May 1936) is an English former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex from 1956 to 1970. He appeared in 300 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who occasionally bowled off breaks. He scored 12,796 runs with a highest score of 191 not out among seven centuries and took six wickets with a best performance of two for 24.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30968/30968.html Les Lenham at CricketArchive]</ref>

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==Sources== * John Wallace, ''100 Greats – Sussex County Cricket Club'', Tempus, 2002

==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=16550}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenham, Les}} Category:1936 births Category:English cricketers Category:Sussex cricketers Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Worthing Category:20th-century English sportsmen