George Leer

Cricket Player

1748 – 1812

45

Who was George Leer?

George Leer was a famous English cricketer who played for Hampshire in the time of the Hambledon Club.

Leer began playing in the 1760s. His name has become almost synonymous with the now archaic long stop fielding position that was deemed so necessary in underarm days.

According to Arthur Haygarth, Leer "was a good and successful bat, but was mostly famous as long-stop to Thomas Brett’s tremendous bowling in the Hambledon matches. He was always called "Little George", and was a fine singer, having a sweet counter-tenor voice. In John Nyren’s book, he is stated to have been a native of Hambledon, but latterly he was a brewer, residing at Petersfield, where he died".

George Leer was a small man who made 44 known first-class appearances from the 1772 season to 1782.

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Born
1748
Nationality
  • England
Died
Feb 1, 1812

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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