Full name Charles William Leat Role Cricket Player Name Charles Leat | Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 6 December 1855 ( 1855-12-06 ) Ringwood, Hampshire, England Bowling style Right-arm roundarm fast Died December 18, 1937, Christchurch, United Kingdom | ||
1878, 1882 and 1884–1885 Hampshire | ||
Charles William Leat (6 December 1855 – 18 December 1937) was an English cricketer. Leat was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast, but played primarily as a wicketkeeper.
Leat made his first-class debut for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club in the 1878.
From 1878 to 1885, which was Hampshire's final season with first-class status until the 1895 County Championship, Leat represented Hampshire in sixteen first-class matches, with Leat's final first-class appearance for Hampshire coming against Kent. In his sixteen matches, Leat scored 323 runs at an average of 11.53, with a single half-century, which yielded his highest first-class score of 63 against Kent in 1884. With the ball Leat took two wickets at a bowling average of 24.50, with best figures of 2/10. Leat played primarily as a wicketkeeper, where he took 21 catches and made a single stumping.
Leat died at Ringwood, Hampshire on 18 December 1937.