Career
Leith was a forward and prior to joining Melbourne in the inaugural VFL season played with Geelong in the Victorian Football Association. He was a centre half forward in Melbourne"s 1900 premiership team and topped the club"s goalkicking on four occasions, 1897, 1899, 1902 and 1907. When having a set shot at goal he used the place kick and once, in a game against Street Kilda, kicked five goals from place kicks.
He retired at the end of the 1908 season but returned to the league in 1911, this time playing as a defender.
