Richard Leigh (cricketer)

Richard Leigh
Born	(1784-02-07)7 February 1784 Wilmington, Kent
Died	9 October 1841(1841-10-09) (aged 57) Westminster

Richard Leigh (born 7 February 1784 at Wilmington, near Dartford, Kent; died 9 October 1841 at Westminster) was an English amateur cricketer who was mainly associated with Surrey. He made five known appearances in first-class matches from 1806 to 1809.^[1] His father, also called Richard Leigh, was a well-known match promoter in the 1790s and there were nine first-class matches featuring R. Leigh's XI.^[2][3]

References

1. Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
2. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 330–331. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
3. Richard Leigh, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-08-16. (subscription required)