Leonard Sutton
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| Full name | Leonard Cecil Leicester Sutton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 April 1890 Half Way Tree, Kingston, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 June 1916 (aged 26) Zillebeke, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1909–1912 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 17 May 1909 Somerset v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 17 July 1912 Somerset v Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 January 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leonard Cecil Leicester Sutton (14 April 1890 – 3 June 1916) played
First World War
.
Sutton was a left-handed middle- or lower-order batsman and an occasional slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He was educated at
follow on; that was to be his highest score in first-class cricket.[3] In 1912, Sutton appeared in 11 of Somerset's first-class games, but he made only 118 runs in total with a highest score of only 24, and he did not appear in first-class cricket after this season.[4]
Sutton was a lance-sergeant in the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) at the time of his death in the First World War.[5] His name is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres. The King's Bruton magazine indicates that he was attached to the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, though CMR records on the internet do not support this.[2]
References
- ^ "Leonard Sutton". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ a b "The Dolphin (King's Bruton magazine)" (PDF) (2008 ed.). King's Bruton. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ "Scorecard: Hampshire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 17 May 1909. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding in each season by Leonard Sutton". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ "Canada at War". www.wwii.ca. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
