Lea Birch

Lea Birch (17 January 1798 – 13 June 1868) was an English first-class cricketer.

Lea Birch

Personal information
Full name	Lea Birch
Born	17 January 1798 Cartmel, Lancashire, England
Died	13 June 1868 (aged 70) Totnes, Devon, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Relations	Scholes Birch (son)
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 26 Batting average 8.66 100s/50s –/– Top score 11 Balls bowled 156 Wickets 8 Bowling average 11.50 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 4/40 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2019

Birch was born in January 1798 at Cartmel, Lancashire. He played first-class cricket on two occasions for Manchester, with both matches coming against Yorkshire in 1844 and 1845 at Moss Lane.[1] He scored 26 runs with a high score of 11 across his two appearances,[2] in addition to taking 8 wickets with best figures of 4 for 40.[3] He married Amy Downward in 1823, with the couple having three sons. Their son, Scholes, also played first-class cricket. Birch died in June 1868 at Totnes, Devon.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Lea Birch". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
2. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Lea Birch". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
3. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Lea Birch". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

External links

• Lea Birch at ESPNcricinfo