Full name Leslie Arthur Waghorn Name Leslie Waghorn 1926–1927 Sussex | Batting style Left-handed | |
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Born 29 July 1906 ( 1906-07-29 ) Robertsbridge, Sussex, England Died 22 August 1979(1979-08-22) (aged 73)
Robertsbridge, Sussex, England 1928 Marylebone Cricket Club | ||
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
Leslie Arthur Waghorn (29 July 1906 – 22 August 1979) was an English cricketer. Waghorn was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Robertsbridge, Sussex.
Waghorn made his first-class debut for Sussex against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in the 1926 County Championship. He made three further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against the touring New Zealanders in 1927. In his four first-class matches for Sussex, Waghorn took 3 wickets at an average of 59.66, with best figures of 2/34. With the bat, he scored just 14 runs at a batting average of 2.33, with a high score of 7. In 1928, he made his final first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Derbyshire at Lord's. In Derbyshire's first-innings of 353, he went wicketless from his fourteen overs. In the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings of 355, Waghorn was dismissed for a duck by Leslie Townsend. He did take a sole wicket in Derbyshire's second-innings, that of Jim Hutchinson, while in the Marylebone Cricket Club's second-innings he wasn't required to bat, with the match ending in a victory by 7 wickets for the Marylebone Cricket Club.
He died at the village of his birth on 22 August 1979.