Charles Leese
English cricketer
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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]
