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Les Townsend
Full name: | Leslie Fletcher Townsend |
Born: | 8th June 1903, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England |
Died: | 17th February 1993, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand |
Batting: | Right-hand batter |
Bowling: | Right-arm off-break, Right-arm medium pace |
Education: | Long Eaton School |
Clubs: | Undercliffe (1945) |
Relations: | Brother: FC Townsend; Brother: AF Townsend |
Teams: | England (Test: 1929/30-1933/34); Derbyshire (Main FC: 1922-1939); Auckland (Main FC: 1934/35-1935/36); Northumberland (Minor Counties Championship: 1946-1948); All teams |
Derbyshire cap: 1924 |
Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1934 |
Derbyshire benefit season: 1937 |
Lists of matches and more detailed statistics |
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Test Career Batting and Fielding (1929/30-1933/34) |
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct |
England | 4 | 6 | 0 | 97 | 40 | 16.16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Test Career Bowling (1929/30-1933/34) |
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ |
England | 399 | 22 | 205 | 6 | 2-22 | 34.16 | 0 | 0 | 66.50 | 3.08 |
First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1922-1939) |
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct |
Overall | 493 | 786 | 75 | 19555 | 233 | 27.50 | 22 | 102 | 241 | |
First-Class Career Bowling (1922-1939) |
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ |
Overall | 65703 | 3309 | 22984 | 1088 | 8-26 | 21.12 | 51 | 16 | 60.38 | 2.09 |
Minor Counties Championship Career Batting and Fielding (1946-1948) |
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct |
Northumberland | 27 | 44 | 6 | 1490 | 192 | 39.21 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |
Minor Counties Championship Career Bowling (1946-1948) |
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ |
Northumberland | 2249 | 114 | 836 | 29 | 4-28 | 28.82 | 0 | 0 | 77.55 | 2.23 |
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