Leslie Rainey

Les Rainey
Personal information
Full name	Leslie Newburn Rainey
Date of birth	(1881-01-10)10 January 1881
Place of birth	South Yarra, Victoria
Date of death	27 August 1962(1962-08-27) (aged 81)
Place of death	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Melbourne Grammar[1]
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1899–1900	Essendon	05 0(3)
1902–1903	Melbourne	18 (17)
Total		23 (20)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leslie Newburn Rainey (10 January 1881 – 27 August 1962) was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football, cricket and tennis. He was a first-class cricketer for Victoria, footballer for Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL), as well as a tennis player at the Australasian Championships (now known as the Australian Open).^[2]

After managing only five appearances for Essendon during his time at the club in 1899 and 1900, Rainey crossed to Melbourne where he had more success. He played a full season in 1902, including Melbourne's semi final loss to his old club, and kicked 17 goals. Rainey finished his football career with 23 VFL games and 20 goals.^[3]

Rainey played his cricket as an all-rounder and participated in two first-class matches for Victoria, both against Tasmania at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He put in a good performance in the second of those matches, in 1905, scoring an unbeaten 60 and taking 6/46 in Tasmania's second innings.^[4]

He competed in the 1914 and 1924 Australasian Tennis Championships.^[5]

See also

• List of Victoria first-class cricketers

References

1. "Past Player Profiles – R (Rainey, Les N.)". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
2. "A Tennis Personality". Sporting Globe. Melbourne. 31 March 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 31 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 365. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.
4. "Victoria v Tasmania 1904/05". CricketArchive.
5. "Results Archive – L Rainey". Australian Open Tennis Championships. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

External links

• Leslie Rainey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Cricinfo: Leslie Rainey