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Leonard McRae

Guyanese cricketer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ102185341 ↗
Source-derived summary

Leonard McRae (born 13 September 1947) is a Guyanese cricketer. He played in ten first-class matches for Guyana from 1970 to 1978.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Leonard McRae” as guyanese cricketer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Leonard, McRae and Guyanese.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1947, 1970, 1978—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947-09-13. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Leonard, McRae and Guyanese providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 21, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q102185341. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1947, 1970 and 1978.

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This entry incorporates text from “Leonard McRae” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.