Henry Lette
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Full name | Henry Elms Lette | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Curramore, Tasmania, Australia | 10 August 1829||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
15 August 1892 63) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Underarm left-arm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1852 | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ↑ "Henry Lette". Cricket Archive.
- ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). " Lette, Hon. Henry Elms". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856". Retrieved 14 November 2012.