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| Born | (1943-08-14)14 August 1943 (age 82) Harehills,Leeds, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1977 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 17 August 1966 Yorkshire v Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LastFC | 18 August 1979 Yorkshire v Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 15 June 1969 Yorkshire v Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LastLA | 28 August 1977 Yorkshire v Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODIs umpired | 5 (1983–2000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WODIs umpired | 4 (2006–2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WT20Is umpired | 2 (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barrie Leadbeater (born 14 August 1943)[1]) is a former Englishfirst-class cricketer andumpire.
Born atHarehills inLeeds, Leadbeater played forYorkshire County Cricket Club as amiddle-order batsman from 1966 to 1979,[1] although he preferred toopen the innings.[2] His promise went largely unfulfilled; his average of 25.34 in 147first-class matches (the norm for a county cricketer of the period was around 30.00), scoring just one century.[3] The highlight of his playing career was a man-of-the-match winning 76 in the 1969Gillette Cup Final, a match in which he was not expected to play. Leadbeater broke a finger in the County Championship game the day before, and would have been omitted hadGeoffrey Boycott not suffered a worse injury.[3] Leadbeater said:
"I almost forgot about the fact that I had a broken finger. Then when it came to lunchtime, I was changing my clothing because of perspiration, and ate my lunch in a jockstrap and left batting glove! I couldn’t get the glove off because my finger had swollen."[3]
Leadbeater posted a top score of 90 in 106one day games. Leadbeater was touted byColin Cowdrey (amongst others) as a futureTest match cricketer. However, batting lower down the order and a shin injury in 1970 meant that Leadbeater failed to score enough runs to impress the selectors.[3]
Leadbeater was to receive abenefit season from Yorkshire, but was released from the county the season before. This came as a surprise to Leadbeater, who had agreed to become the Second XI captain earlier in the season. This responsibility then went toColin Johnson. Leadbeater was released from the county, finding out whilst in the local golf club.[3]
After being released from Yorkshire in 1983, Leadbeater immediately became a well-respected umpire on the first-class English circuit, umpiring four One Day Internationals during the1983 Cricket World Cup. Leadbeater was the third umpire in two Test matches, in 1993 and 2000. He umpired one further ODI – seventeen years later atTrent Bridge in 2000.
He retired from first-class umpiring at the mandatory age of 65 in September 2008, his final game being the match between his beloved Yorkshire and Somerset atNorth Marine Road,Scarborough. He received aguard of honour from the players (and his wife) at the start of the final day's play.[4]