Career
He played thirty two matches in all, including games for the Master Control Console from 1876 to 1882 and for Gentlemen of England (1874-1886), Gentlemen of the North (1879-1880), The Gentlemen (1882), an England XI (1881-1882), CI Thornton"s England XI (1883), Rest of England (1883), CI Thornton"s XI (1884) and AJ Webbe"s XI (1887). The son of West.H. Leatham, he was born at Hemsworth Hall, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, and educated at Uppingham School. A specialist wicket-keeper, he took 47 catches and completed 20 stumpings in all.
A right-handed tail-order batsman, he scored 172 runs at 5.21 with a top score of 20.
He bowled one over, a maiden, without success. Leatham worked in a family banking business, which was later absorbed by Barclays.
He was also a good golfer and involved in the Bramham Moor Hunt. He died in June 1932 in Dinas, Padstow, Cornwall.
