Harry Lee (cricketer)

Henry William Harry Lee was a professional English cricketer who played firstclass cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Middlesex County Cricket Club between 1911 and 1934. He made one Test appearance for England, in 1931. An allrounder, Lee was a righthanded batsman and bowled both off break and slowmedium pace bowling with his right arm. He scored 1,000 runs in a season on thirteen occasions. Part of the County Championship winning sides in 1920 and 1921, Lee aggregated 20,158 runs and took 401 wickets in firstclass cricket.

Lee was born in Marylebone, London onOctober 1890, the eldest of three boys, all of whom progressed to play firstclass cricket. His father was a greengrocer and a coal merchant who followed cricket closely in the London evening papers. During Lees youth, he developed his cricket by playing against lampposts, and reflected in his autobiography that If a bowler can clean bowl a man nine times out of ten against a lamppost, he will not miss a fullsized wicket when he gets the chance. His cricketing talent was encouraged at school he first attended Barrett Street School and then St. Thomass School in Portman Square. Both schools had headmasters who were sports enthusiasts, and at St. Thomass the headmaster, Mr. Despicht, offered a penny to any schoolboy who could bowl him out, a feat Lee achieved regularly. Mr. Despicht also taught Lee to concentrate on bowling a good length, and Lee played primarily as a bowler during his school years. During his final year at St. Thomass, the school

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