Leonard Green (cricketer)

Leonard Green CB CBE MC TD DL (1 February 1890 – 2 March 1963) was an English cricketer active from 1922 to 1935 who played for Lancashire, and a Territorial Army officer who commanded the 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade from 1934 to 1938. He was born and died in Whalley, Lancashire. Green was born in a house built by his Father, Roger Green, who represented the Whalley Cricket Club at the 1864 meeting which led to the foundation of Lancashire County Cricket Club. At the time of his death, he lived in the Manor House which he shared with his brother James.