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Full name | John Lees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 5 September 1861 Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 December 1934 Brenchley, Kent, England | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1881 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1897–1899 | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 21 July 2019 |
John Lees (5 September 1861 – 20 December 1934) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Samuel Lees, he was born at Ashton-under-Lyne in September 1861. He was educated at Uppingham School, before going up to Jesus College, Cambridge. [1] While at Cambridge, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Fenner's in 1881. [2] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Cambridge first-innings by Alfred Shaw for 6 runs, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 9 runs by Fred Morley. [3] Though he did not gain a blue in cricket, he did gain a rugby blue. [1]
After graduating from Cambridge, Lees attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, graduating into the West India Regiment as a second lieutenant in August 1885. [4] He held the rank of lieutenant by November 1887, [5] with Lees serving in the British expedition up the River Gambia against Fodey Kabba in 1891–92, and later serving as a garrison adjutant in British Jamaica. [1] He transferred to the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) as a captain in May 1894, before transferring once more to the Royal West Kent Regiment in September of the same year. [1] He played minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1897–99, making ten appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. [6]
He retired from active service in May 1903, retaining the rank of captain. [7] After retiring he became a farmer, but later returned to the Royal West Kent Regiment to serve during the First World War, in the course of which he was mentioned in dispatches. [8] He died in December 1934 at Brenchley, Kent.