Thomas Cobcroft
Australian cricketer and umpire (1867-1938)
Leslie Thomas Cobcroft (12 February 1867 – 9 March 1938) was a first-class cricketer in Australia and New Zealand who went on to umpire Test cricket.
Cobcroft was born in Muswellbrook in New South Wales. He became a solicitor.
A right-hand batsman and off-break bowler, he played 23 matches of first-class cricket from 1895–96 to 1909–10. He captained the New South Wales side that toured New Zealand in 1895–96. He settled in New Zealand, and played for Canterbury from 1897–98 to 1899–1900 and for Wellington from 1906–07 to 1909–10. He was the third captain for New Zealand in first-class cricket, captaining the side that toured Australia in 1898–99. He also captained Canterbury, Wellington and Wairarapa sides.
In first-class games, he scored a total of 868 runs in 42 innings, at the relatively low batting average of 21.70, including 5 half-centuries. He made his highest score, 85 not out, carrying his bat for New South Wales against Wellington in December 1895.
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