Leslie Prentice

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Leslie Prentice
England
Personal information
Full name	Leslie Roff Vincent Prentice
Born	1887 Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	13 8 1928 Harrold, Bedfordshire, England
Role	Bowler
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm slow
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1920-1923	Middlesex
1920-1922	HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
1920	Gentlemen of the South
First-class debut	13 May 1920: Middlesex v Oxford University
Last First-class	16 May 1923: Middlesex v Oxford University
Career statistics
	First-class
Matches	18
Runs scored	147
Batting average	6.39
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	42*
Balls bowled	1674
Wickets	31
Bowling average	33.29
5 wickets in innings	1
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	6/95
Catches/stumpings	9/0
As of 31 December 2007 Source: CricketArchive

Leslie Roff Vincent Prentice (1887 – 13 August 1928) was an Australian born English cricketer.^[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler, he had a brief first-class cricket career for Middlesex in the 1920s.^[2]

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Born in Melbourne in 1887,^[2] Prentice played twice for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements in 1913 and 1914.^[3] He made his first-class debut in May 1920 when he played for Middlesex against Oxford University. In his second first-class match, a County Championship match against Warwickshire at Lord's,^[4] he took 6/95 in the second innings,^[5] his only five wicket haul in first-class cricket.^[2]

He played three further County Championship matches for Middlesex in the 1920 season before playing two matches for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University and Cambridge University. He then played for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the South in July. In 1921, he played six times for Middlesex before another two matches for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against the two university teams.^[4]

He did not play for Middlesex in the 1922 season, playing just once for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University. He played his final first-class match in the 1923 season when he played for Middlesex against Oxford University.^[4] He died in Bedfordshire in 1928.^[2]

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