Toby Colbeck

{{Short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

'''Leonard George ("Toby") Colbeck''' (1 January 1884 – 3 January 1918) was an English first-class cricketer active from 1905–14, playing for Middlesex. He was born in South Harrow. He died off the Cape of Good Hope in {{HMS|Ormonde|1906|6}} during World War I, in which he had been awarded the Military Cross.<ref name=CA>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10954.html Toby Colbeck at ESPNcricinfo]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/cricketers-who-died-in-world-war-1-part-2-of-5-166354 |title=Cricketers who died in World War 1 – Part 2 of 5 |work=Cricket Country |accessdate=28 November 2018}}</ref>

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