Leslie McLean
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| Full name | Leslie Eric McLean | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1918 Lynton, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 December 1987 (aged 69) Guildford, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1936–1939 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1939 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Leslie Eric McLean (19 April 1918 – 16 December 1987) was an English first-class cricketer.
McLean was born in April 1918 at Lynton, Devon. He was educated at Bishop's Stortford College[1] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Derbyshire at Oxford in 1939. He made two further first-class appearances in 1939, against Lancashire and the Free Foresters.[3] He scored a total of 79 runs in these three matches, with a high score of 51.[4] He had made his debut in minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire in 1936, with McLean playing minor counties cricket until 1939, making a total of thirteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[5]
His first-class and minor counties career was ultimately cut short by the Second World War. He served in the war with the Royal Marines, enlisting as a second lieutenant in November 1939.[6] He was made an acting temporary lieutenant in March 1940,[7] before being made a temporary lieutenant in April 1940.[8] He died at Guildford in December 1987.