Leonard Micklem

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Leonard Micklem
Personal information
Full nameLeonard Micklem
Born12 March 1845
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Died7 July 1919(1919-07-07) (aged 74)
Elstree, Hertfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1869Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 9
Batting average 9.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 9
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 October 2021

Leonard Micklem (12 March 1845 — 7 July 1919) was an English first-class cricketer and railway secretary.

The son of Nathaniel Micklem, he was born in March 1845 at Henley-on-Thames. The Micklem's were an old Nonconformist family. He was educated at Eton College,[1] before going up to Merton College, Oxford.[2] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University Cricket Club at Oxford in 1869.[3] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 9 runs in the MCC first innings by Bernard Pauncefote.[4] As a cricketer he was described by Wisden while playing school cricket for Eton as "a good and sure bat, playing in splendid form; a great punisher of loose bowling; a brilliant field at long-leg, a fine thrower and safe catch."[5] Micklem was a prominent figure in the Brazilian railway industry, being elected secretary to the Bahia and San Francisco Railway Company in March 1880.[6] He died at Elstree in July 1919.[5] His son was the clergyman Philip Micklem, from his first marriage to Dora Emily Weguelin. Another son, from his second marriage to Nanette Fenwick, was Robert Micklem, a Commander in the Royal Navy.

References[]

  1. ^ Eton College Register 1862–1868. Eton: Spottiswoode & Co. 1903. p. 38.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 951.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Leonard Micklem". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1869". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Wisden - Other deaths in 1919". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. ^ Herapath's Railway Journal. Vol. 42. 1880. pp. 375–6.

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