Eddie Leadbeater was a diminutive legspinner who was one of a rare breed to have played for his country but not been awarded a county cap. He played seven seasons with Yorkshire (1949-56) and another two at Warwickshire (1957-58) but lacked the variety or penetration to be really successful, relying on a topspinner for variety rather than a googly. He was surprisingly summoned to India in 1951-52 as an injury replacement, where he took two expensive wickets in two Tests.
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Eddie Leadbeater Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	2	2	0	40	38	20.00	0	0	0	3	0
FC	118	138	36	1548	116	15.17	1	3	-	75	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	2	4	289	218	2	1/38	1/100	109.00	4.52	144.5	0	0	0
FC	118	-	16561	7947	289	8/83	-	27.49	2.87	57.3	-	11	2

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Recent Matches of Eddie Leadbeater

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Yorkshire vs Indians	13	0/42	12-Jul-1952	Sheffield	FC
Yorkshire vs M.C.C.	0* & 4*	2/62	30-Apr-1952	Lord's	FC
England vs India	38	1/64 & 0/54	30-Dec-1951	Eden Gardens	Test # 344
England vs India	2	1/38 & 0/62	14-Dec-1951	Brabourne	Test # 342
Yorkshire vs Sth Africans	8	1/85	30-Jun-1951	Sheffield	FC

Debut/Last Matches of Eddie Leadbeater

Test Matches

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Debut

India vs England at Brabourne - December 14 - 19, 1951

Last

India vs England at Eden Gardens - December 30, 1951 - January 04, 1952

FC Matches

Span

1949 - 1958

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27-Sep-2016•Steven Lynch

Former England legspinner Eddie Leadbeater dies

Former Yorkshire and England legspinner Eddie Leadbeater has died in a nursing home in Huddersfield at the age of 83

18-Apr-2011•Martin Williamson

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