Leslie Gay

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Leslie Hewitt Gay, born at Brighton on March 24, 1871 and died at Sidmouth, Devon, on November 1, 1949, was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Hampshire, Somerset and England. As a footballer, he played for Cambridge University, Corinthians and England.

An intermittent cricketer who had left the first-class game by 1904, Gay kept wicket for Cambridge in the Varsity match against Oxford University in 1892 and 1893, and after four games for Somerset in 1894 he was picked for the 1894-95 tour to Australia under Andrew Stoddart. Chosen only for the first Test match, he scored 33 and four and took three catches with one stumping. He then disappeared from first-class cricket until a brief nine-match return with Hampshire in 1900.

As a soccer player, he represented Cambridge University as goalkeeper against Oxford in 1892 and appeared for England against Scotland in 1893 and 1894, and against Wales in 1894.