Leslie Gale

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Leslie Gale
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Leslie Gale
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling type Right arm slow
First-class record
Matches 14
Runs scored 155
Batting average 7.75
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 19
Balls bowled 690
Wickets 10
Bowling average 39.40
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best Bowling 5-49
Catches/Stumpings 5/0
First class debut: 5 May 1923
Last first class game: 14 May 1928
Source: CricInfo

Leslie Edward Gale (11 November 1904 - 22 January 1982) was an English cricketer: a slow bowler who played 14 first-class matches for Worcestershire in the 1920s: 11 in 1923 and 1924, then a gap before another three in 1928.

Gale's most successful match was his first-class debut in early May 1923, when he claimed 5-49 in the first innings against Warwickshire. He never again took more than two wickets in a first-class innings; indeed, this one innings' performance garnered him as many wickets as the entire remainder of his Worcestershire career.

After the end of his first-class career, Gale played minor counties cricket for Staffordshire in the 1930s, primarily as a top-order batsman.

Gale was born in Solihull; he died in Dudley at the age of 77.

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