Henry Lette

Henry Lette
Personal information
Full name Henry Elms Lette
Born 10 August 1829
Curramore, Tasmania, Australia
Died 15 August 1892 (aged 63)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Bowling style Underarm left-arm
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1852 Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition First class
Matches 1
Runs scored 2
Batting average 1.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 2
Balls bowled 116
Wickets 7
Bowling average 11.57
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/50
Catches/stumpings 1/
Source: Cricket Archive, 15 August 2010

Henry Elms Lette (christened 10 August 1829 15 August 1892) was an Australian cricketer and politician.

Cricket

Lette was a left-arm underarm bowler who played for Tasmania. He was born in Curramore and died in Launceston.

Lette made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1851-52 season, against Victoria. From the lower order, he scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second. Lette bowled 29 overs in the match, taking 7 wickets.[1]

Politics

Lette represented Launceston in the House of Assembly from November 1862, and was Chairman of Committees of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from July 1877 to 1892.[2][3] Lette represented Central Launceston from 1 September 1871 and North Launceston from 30 May 1877.[3]

References

  1. "Henry Lette". Cricket Archive.
  2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to Lette, Hon. Henry Elms". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
  3. 3.0 3.1 "The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856". Retrieved 14 November 2012.