Leslie Wright

Who was Leslie Wright?

Leslie Wright was an English cricketer who played 193 first-class matches between 1925 and 1933, every one of them for Worcestershire. He was primarily an opening batsman, although he did pick up some useful wickets with his medium-pacers.

Wright played as a professional for Stourbridge Cricket Club before beginning his county career. His first-class debut came in May 1925, when he scored 31 and 14 against Oxford University at The Parks. He did not play again that season, but in 1926 he appeared on 26 occasions, and ended the summer with 873 first-class runs at an average of 18.97. This tally included his maiden hundred, 111 against Hampshire in midsummer. He also picked up the first of his 76 wickets when he removed Leicestershire's Les Berry and Alec Skelding in early June.

From then until the end of his career in 1933, Wright was a regular sight in the Worcestershire team: in only two seasons did he make fewer than 20 appearances. His most productive season was 1928, when he made 1,402 runs at 24.07, including 101 and 57 against Hampshire.