Lees Whitehead

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 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..

He died in November 1913, in West Hartlepool, County Durham, England.

References

^ 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. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthor= (help)

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[YB-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. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthor= (help)

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