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Full name | Leslie Eric McLean | ||||||||||||||
Born | 19 April 1918 Lynton, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 16 December 1987 Guildford, Surrey, England | (aged 69)||||||||||||||
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.