Leslie Prentice
FullnameLeslie Roff Vincent Prentice
Birth date30 November 1886
Birth placeFitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Death date13 August 1928 (aged 41)
Death placeHarrold, Bedfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
RoleBowler
Club 1Middlesex
Year 11920–1923
Club 2H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI
Year 21920–1922
Club 3Gentlemen of the South
Year 31920
Type 1FC
Debutdate 113 May
Debutyear 11920
Debutfor 1
Middlesex
Debutagainst 1Oxford University
Lastdate 116 May
Lastyear 11923
Lastfor 1
Middlesex
Lastagainst 1Oxford University
Columns1
Column 1First-class
Matches 118
Runs 1147
Bat avg 16.39
100s/50s 10/0
Top score 142*
Deliveries 11,674
Wickets 131
Bowl avg 133.29
Fivefor 11
Tenfor 10
Best bowling 16/95
Catches/stumpings 19/–
Date31 December
Year2007
Sourcehttp://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32161/32161.html CricketArchive

Leslie Roff Vincent Prentice (30 November 1886 – 13 August 1928) was an Australian-born English cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler, he had a brief first-class cricket career for Middlesex in the early 1920s.[2]

Biography

Prentice was born in Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, on 30 November 1886.[2][3] He played twice for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements in 1913 and 1914.[4] He made his first-class debut in May 1920 when he played for Middlesex against Oxford University. In his second first-class match, a County Championship match against Warwickshire at Lord's,[5] he took 6/95 in the second innings,[6] his only five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[2]

Prentice played three further County Championship matches for Middlesex in the 1920 season before playing two matches for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI against Oxford University and Cambridge University. He then played for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the South in July. During the 1921 season, he played six times for Middlesex before another two matches for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI against the two university teams.[5]

Prentice did not play for Middlesex in the 1922 season, playing just once for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI against Oxford University. He played his final first-class match in the 1923 season when he played for Middlesex against Oxford University.[5] He died on 13 August 1928 in Harrold, Bedfordshire, at the age of 41.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Leslie Prentice". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Leslie Prentice". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Leslie Prentice". Wisden. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Other matches played by Leslie Prentice". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  5. ^ "First-class matches played by Leslie Prentice". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Scorecard of Middlesex v Warwickshire, 19 May 1920". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2021.