Roland Leather

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Roland Sutcliffe Leather (August 17, 1880 in Wyther, Kirkstall in Leeds and died on January 3, 1913) in Heliopolis, Egypt) was a first class cricketer who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1906 against the West Indian tourists at St. George's Road, Harrogate. he also played for Yorkshire Second XI from 1904 to 1906.

A right handed opening batsman, he scored 5 and 14 as Yorkshire were trounced by 262 runs, despite a second innings century from David Denton. Richard Ollivierre took 11 wickets for the tourists while Percy Goodman scored an unbeaten century.

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