Lees Whitehead

Personal information
Born 14 March 1864
Birchen Bank, Saddleworth, England
Died 22 November 1913 (aged 49)
West Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1889–1904 Yorkshire County Cricket Club
1890–1903 Marylebone Cricket Club
1896 Wembley Park
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 136
Runs scored 2433
Batting average 15.30
100s/50s –/–
Top score
Balls bowled 7186
Wickets 109
Bowling average 25.67
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings

Lees Whitehead (14 March 1864 – 22 November 1913) was an English first-class cricketer, who played in 119 games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1889 and 1904.[1] He also appeared in fifteen games for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1890-1903) and for Wembley Park (1896) and over 30 (1901) in first-class games.

Born in Birchen Bank, Friarmere, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, Whitehead appeared in a total of 136 first-class matches. He scored 2,433 runs as a right-handed batsman, with a highest score of 67 not out against Somerset. He took seventy nine catches in the field, and took 109 wickets with his right arm fast bowling, with a best return of 6 for 45 against the MCC, at an average of 25.67. He took five wickets in an innings on three occasions. He stood as an umpire in at least three first-class, non-County Championship matches towards the end of his playing career.

Whitehead later became a director of Hartlepool United F.C.

References

  1. ↑ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 381. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.


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