Leonard Oakley
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| Leonard Oakley | ||||
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Leonard Oakley | |||
| Born | 11 January 1916 | |||
| Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England | ||||
| Batting style | Left-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Slow left arm orthodox | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1935–1948 | Worcestershire | |||
| First-class debut | 26 June 1935: Worcestershire v Middlesex |
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| Last First-class | 18 June 1948: Worcestershire v Lancashire |
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| Career statistics | ||||
| FC | ||||
| Matches | 8 | |||
| Runs scored | 43 | |||
| Batting average | 4.77 | |||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | |||
| Top score | 11 | |||
| Balls bowled | 708 | |||
| Wickets | 12 | |||
| Bowling average | 32.75 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | |||
| Best bowling | 6-64 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 2/0 | |||
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As of 20 September 2007 |
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Leonard Oakley (born 11 January 1916) is a former English cricketer who played eight first-class games for Worcestershire either side of the Second World War. Exclusively a bowler, in 14 innings he never scored more than 11.
Oakley made his debut for Worcestershire against Middlesex at Worcester in late June 1935, taking the single wicket of Fred Price and scoring 6 and 0 from number ten. He played against Gloucestershire a few days later, taking one more wicket, and made two wicketless appearances in 1937, but those games comprised his entire remaining pre-war career.
He returned to first-class action with a bang in June 1946, taking eight wickets against the Royal Air Force in what was to prove the RAF's last-ever first-class match. His first innings 2-18 and second-innings 6-64, which contributed largely towards his county's victory, were the only times he ever took more than two wickets in a first-class innings.[1] However, two subsequent County Championship games brought Oakley only one wicket in total, and he played no more for two years.
In June 1948, Oakley took 5-44 in each innings of a Second XI match against Glamorgan II,[2] and was recalled to the first team for the Championship match with Lancashire at Manchester a week later. However, he could manage only 1-71 from 17 overs, and he never played first-class cricket again.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Worcestershire v Royal Air Force in 1946. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
- ^ Worcestershire Second XI v Glamorgan Second XI in 1948. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
