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He was born at Wellington, Somerset and died in the fighting of the First World War near Beaumont Hamel in France.
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Edwin Leat
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In his two first-class matches, Leat batted in the lower order and did not bowl. He scored just 18 runs in three innings, with a highest of 11 in the match against Kent in 1908. He played with some success as a middle-order batsman for Buckinghamshire in Minor Counties cricket between 1908 and 1911.
lieutenant is not known whether he batted rightor left-handed, and he bowled a little for Buckinghamshire, but the bowling style is also unknown.
Leat was a second lieutenant in the Dorsetshire Regiment when he was killed in the fighting on the Somme in 1918. He is commemorated at the Pozières memorial.
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United Kingdom