Godfrey Lee

Godfrey Bolles Lee (born 19 March 1817 at Coldrey House, Lower Froyle, Hampshire; died 29 January 1903 at Winchester, Hampshire) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1837 to 1845.

Mainly associated with Oxford University and Hampshire, he made 8 known appearances in first-class matches.[1]

Lee spent most of his life at Winchester College, where he was educated. He was a tutor at Winchester from his graduation from New College, Oxford, in 1839 through to 1860, then bursar at New College for a year. He was a fellow of New College 1835-61.[2] He then returned to Winchester as Warden from 1861 until his death in 1903.[3] He was ordained as a Church of England priest in 1846.[4]

References

  1. ↑ CricketArchive. Retrieved on 17 November 2008.
  2. ↑ "Alumni Oxonienses 1715-1886". Wikisource. p. 831. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Kirby, Thomas Frederick (1888). Winchester scholars. A list of the wardens, fellows, and scholars of Saint Mary college of Winchester, near Winchester, commonly called Winchester college. London: H. Frowde.
  4. ↑ "Obituaries". The Times (36992). London. 31 January 1903. p. 8.

Further reading

  • H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
  • Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1-11 (1744-1870), Lillywhite, 1862-72


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