Leslie Wilson (cricketer)

Leslie Wilson
A blackened white portrait of a cricketer, seated holding a cricket bat
Wilson as captain of the Kent side in about 1888
Personal information
Born(1859-03-16)16 March 1859
Canonbury, London
Died15 April 1944(1944-04-15) (aged 85)
Hastings, Sussex
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatmsan
RelationsCecil Wilson (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1883–1897Kent
FC debut24 May 1883 Kent v MCC
Last FC20 May 1897 Kent v MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 110
Runs scored 3,554
Batting average 19.42
100s/50s 1/18
Top score 132
Balls bowled 432
Wickets 6
Bowling average 44.16
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/17
Catches/stumpings 78/–
Source: CricInfo, 16 October 2023

Leslie Wilson (16 March 1859 – 15 April 1944) was an English stockbroker and cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1883 and 1897. Wilson played in over 100 first-class matches for Kent and scored over 3,000 runs for the county.[1]

  1. ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 595–597. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)