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| name = James Leaf | image = | country = England | fullname = James Gordon Leaf | birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|10|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|12|8|1900|10|18|df=yes}} | death_place = Osmaston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England | club1 = Army | year1 = 1937 | type1 = First-class | onetype1 = true | debutdate1 = 22 May | debutyear1 = 1937 | debutfor1 = Army | debutagainst1 = Oxford University | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 5 | bat avg1 = 2.50 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 4 | deliveries1 = 0 | wickets1 = - | bowl avg1 = - | fivefor1 = - | tenfor1 = - | best bowling1 = - | catches/stumpings1 = 0/0 | date = 26 April | year = 2008 | source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30925/30925.html CricketArchive }}James Gordon Leaf (18 October 1900–8 December 1972) was a British Army officer and English cricketer[1] who played first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team and played international matches for the Egypt national cricket team.[2] BiographyBorn in Shipston-on-Stour in 1900,[2] James Leaf attended Harrow School, playing a match for them against Winchester College in 1918. From Harrow he went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and on graduation was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 15th Hussars on 24 December 1920.[3] The regiment merged with the 20th Hussars in 1922, Leaf continued as a second lieutenant in the new regiment, the 14th/20th Hussars,[4] until his promotion to lieutenant on 24 December 1922 when he transferred to the 15th/19th Hussars.[5] He played two matches for Egypt against the Free Foresters in 1927.[6] He resigned his commission on 20 October 1928,[7] but rejoined the army (and the 15th/19th) on 10 December 1930, with reduced seniority (from 29 August 1926).[8] He was promoted captain on 20 November 1934.[9] He played his one first-class match for the Army against Oxford University in May 1937.[10] He was promoted major on 12 February 1940, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War.[11] Between 1942 and 1945, he played six matches for the Catterick Garrison cricket team against Durham.[6] He retired from the army on 18 October 1947.[12] He died in Osmaston in 1972.[2] References1. ^Cricinfo profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Leaf, James}}2. ^1 2 CricketArchive profile 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=32207|supp=y|page=764|date=25 January 1921}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=32736|page=5865|date=8 August 1922}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=32781|page=9169|date=29 December 1922}} 6. ^1 Other matches played by James Leaf at CricketArchive 7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=33431|page=6702|date=19 October 1928}} 8. ^{{London Gazette|issue=33668|page=7890|date=9 December 1930}} 9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=34109|page=7682|date=30 November 1934}} 10. ^First-class matches played by James Leaf at CricketArchive 11. ^{{London Gazette|issue=34789|supp=y|page=841|date=9 February 1940}} 12. ^{{London Gazette|issue=38099|supp=y|page=4869|date=14 October 1947}} 11 : 1900 births|1972 deaths|People from Shipston-on-Stour|Egyptian cricketers|English cricketers|British Army cricketers|Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst|14th/20th King's Hussars officers|14th King's Hussars officers|15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars officers|British Army personnel of World War II |
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