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Full name | Clarence William Edward James Fleay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 27 December 1886 Gilgering, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 August 1955 (aged 68) Katanning, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922/23 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CricketArchive, 30 December 2012 |
Clarence William Edward James Fleay (27 December 1886 – 6 August 1955) was an Australian cricketer who played a single match for Western Australia during the 1922–23 season.
Born on his parents' property at Gilgering, a locality between York and Beverley in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, [1] Fleay boarded at The High School (now Hale School) in Perth, and played Darlot Cup cricket for the school in his final two years. [2] He was one of his school's most successful batsmen, with his highest score an innings of 137 not out during the 1905–06 season. [3] After the conclusion of his schooling, Fleay returned to the country, where he regularly played in district teams. [4] [5] [6] At the annual Country Week tournament held in Perth, he usually represented Katanning, and sometimes captained the side. [7]
Fleay's single match at first-class level came in November 1922, against a touring Marylebone Cricket Club side led by Archie MacLaren (although John Hartley substituted as captain in the match against Western Australia). [8] His selection for the team was based mainly on his form in the preceding year's Country Week matches, with Joe Lanigan the only other player selected from country sides. [9] [10] In the match, held at the WACA Ground, Fleay, an occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, took two wickets in the MCC's first innings to finish with figures of 2/10. He scored only four runs whilst batting, and was not selected at first-class level. [11] Fleay spent the remainder of his life in the country, and died in Katanning in August 1955, aged 68. [12]