Charles Leese

Charles Philip Leese (22 May 1889 – 19 January 1947) was an English cricketer active from 1908 to 1911 who played for Lancashire.

Life

He was born in Manchester, the son of Ernest Leese, and died in Hope-Bagot, Shropshire.[1]

He appeared in 16 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman, scoring 341 runs with a highest score of 48 and held five catches.[2]

Family

Leese married, firstly in 1911 Ethel Speakman, daughter of Walter Speakman, but they divorced. She later married architect Maxwell Fry, in 1926, that marriage lasting to 1942.[3][4][5]

He married, secondly in 1914, after the death of his father, Beryl Constance Ansdell, daughter of Thomas Chester Ansdell and granddaughter of Richard Ansdell.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Bailey, Philip; Thorn, Philip; Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1984). Who's Who of Cricketers. London: Newnes Books. p. 607. ISBN 0600346927.
  2. ^ Charles Leese at CricketArchive
  3. ^ Powers, Alan. "Fry, (Edwin) Maxwell (1899–1987)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39983. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Leese-Ansdell". Lady's Pictorial. 16 May 1914. p. 48.


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