Leslie Gale
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Leslie Gale England (Eng) |
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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.