Leonidas de Montezuma
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| Full name | Leonidas de Toledo Marcondes de Montezuma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
16 April 1869 Crowborough, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
18 March 1937 (aged 67) Stone, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1904 | London County | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1898 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 27 February 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leonidas de Toledo Marcondes de Montezuma (16 April 1869 – 18 March 1937) was an English cricketer. de Montezuma was a right-handed batsman whose bowling style is unknown. He was born at Crowborough, Sussex.
de Montezuma made his first-class debut for Sussex against Essex in the 1898 County Championship at the County Ground, Leyton. He made seven further first-class appearances for Sussex in that season, the last of which came against Lancashire at Old Trafford.[1] In his eight first-class matches for Sussex, he scored 271 runs at an average of 27.10, with a high score of 80 not out.[2] He later played a single first-class match for London County in 1904 against Warwickshire at Crystal Palace Park.[1] In Warwickshire's first-innings of 326, de Montezuma took 4 wickets, finishing with figures of 4/71, which were the best bowling figures in that innings. He scored 14 runs in London County's first-innings response of 249, before being dismissed by James Byrne. He wasn't called upon to bat or bowl again in the match, with the match ending in a draw.[3]
He died at Stone, Kent, on 18 March 1937.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "First-Class Matches played by Leonidas de Montezuma". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Leonidas de Montezuma". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ "London County v Warwickshire, 1904". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2012.