George Leycester

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George Leycester

Personal information
Full name	George Hanmer Leycester
Born	7 July 1763 Simpson, Buckinghamshire, England
Died	6 October 1838(1838-10-06) (aged 75) Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Batting	Unknown
Role	Occasional wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1790–1808	Marylebone Cricket Club
1791–1808	Surrey
1791–1897	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 50 Runs scored 922 Batting average 10.35 100s/50s –/– Top score 49 Catches/stumpings 32/8
Source: Cricinfo, 9 June 2022

George Hanmer Leycester (12 July 1763 — 6 October 1838) was an English amateur cricketer who made 50 known appearances in first-class cricket matches between 1790 and 1808.

Life and cricket

The son of The Reverend Ralph Leycester and Susanna Hanmer, he was born at in July 1763 at Simpson, Buckinghamshire. He came of the well-known Cheshire family, the Leycesters of Tabley.^[1]: 494

Leycester was educated at Eton College,^[2] before matriculating to Christ Church, Oxford in 1782; however, he gained his degree from Merton College, Oxford in 1788 and his master's in 1790.^[3] A student Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in the same year that he gained his master's degree.^[3]

Leycester was one of the leading cricketers in the final decade of the 1700s and the first decade of the 1800s. He made his debut in first-class cricket in 1790 for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Hornchurch at Lord's Old Ground.^[4] Leycester was mainly associated with Surrey and the MCC, but also represented Hampshire, amongst other teams.^[5] He was an occasional patron of cricket, his own team appearing in a first-class match in 1802. Leycester played for the Gentlemen in the inaugural and second Gentlemen v Players matches in 1806.^[6][7] In 50 first-class matches, Leycester scored 922 runs at an average of 10.35 with a highest score of 49.^[8]

Leycester died at his Portland Place residence in October 1838; he was survived by his widow, Charlotte Jemima.^[9]

References

1. Woods, G. S. (1912). "Lyne, Joseph Leycester" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 494–496. OCLC 9509803.
2. Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur (1921). Eton College Register 1753–1790. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. p. 334.
3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Leycester, George (Hanmer)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
4. "First-Class Matches played by George Leycester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
5. Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
6. "Gentlemen v Players, 1806". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
7. "Gentlemen v Players, 1806". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
8. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Leycester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
9. Deaths. Derby Mercury. 26 February 1851. p. 3

External sources

• George Leycester at ESPNcricinfo