Lees Whitehead

Lees Whitehead (14 March 1864 – 22 November 1913) was an English first-class cricketer, who played in 119 games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1889 and 1904.[1] He also appeared in fifteen games for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1890-1903) and for Wembley Park (1896) and over 30 (1901) in first-class games.

Lees Whitehead
Whitehead in about 1895
Personal information
Born(1864-03-14)14 March 1864
Birchen Bank, Saddleworth, England
Died22 November 1913(1913-11-22) (aged 49)
West Hartlepool, County Durham, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1889–1904Yorkshire County Cricket Club
1890–1903Marylebone Cricket Club
1896Wembley Park
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 136
Runs scored 2,433
Batting average 15.30
100s/50s 0/12
Top score 67*
Balls bowled 7,186
Wickets 109
Bowling average 25.67
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/45
Catches/stumpings 79/–
Source: CricInfo, 25 March 2019

Born in Birchen Bank, Friarmere near Saddleworth in Yorkshire, Whitehead appeared in a total of 136 first-class matches. He scored 2,433 runs as a right-handed batsman, with a highest score of 67 not out against Somerset. He took seventy nine catches in the field, and took 109 wickets with his right arm fast bowling, with a best return of 6 for 45 against the MCC, at an average of 25.67. He took five wickets in an innings on three occasions. He stood as an umpire in at least three first-class, non-County Championship matches towards the end of his playing career.

Whitehead later became a director of Hartlepool United F.C.

References
  1. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 381. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.


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