Career
Leat was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast, but played primarily as a wicketkeeper. Leat made his first-class debut for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club in the 1878. From 1878 to 1885, which was Hampshire"s final season with first-class status until the 1895 County Championship, Leat represented Hampshire in sixteen first-class matches, with Leat"s final first-class appearance for Hampshire coming against Kent.
In his sixteen matches, Leat scored 323 runs at an average of 11.53, with a single half-century, which yielded his highest first-class score of 63 against Kent in 1884.
With the ball Leat took two wickets at a bowling average of 24.50, with best figures of 2/10. Leat played primarily as a wicketkeeper, where he took 21 catches and made a single stumping.
Leat died at Ringwood, Hampshire on 18 December 1937.