Leonidas de Montezuma
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| Full name | Leonidas de Toledo Marcondes de Montezuma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 April 1869 Crowborough, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 March 1937 (aged 67) Stone, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1904 | London County | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1898 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 February 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leonidas de Toledo Marcondes de Montezuma (16 April 1869 – 18 March 1937) was an English cricketer and allround sportsman who also competed as a cyclist.[1]
Life[edit]
De Montezuma was born at Crowborough, Sussex, the sixth of nine children. His parents were born in England, although his father was at one stage a lieutenant in the Brazilian navy.[2]
He was a boarder at the Royal Naval School in London. He went into business with a brother-in-law, but the business was dissolved in 1892.[2] At around the time of his father’s death in 1895 he became a patient at the Bethlem Hospital, Beckenham, probably suffering from bipolar disorder.[2]
He had a variety of occupations, and never married. At the time of his death in 1937 he was a patient at the City of London Mental Hospital in Stone, Kent.[2]
Cricket career[edit]
De Montezuma was a right-handed batsman whose bowling style is unknown. He was a prominent batsman in the 1890s for the Norwood club in Surrey.[3] He made his first-class debut for Sussex against Essex in the 1898 County Championship at the County Ground, Leyton. He made seven further first-class appearances for Sussex in that season, the last of which came against Lancashire at Old Trafford.[4] In his eight first-class matches for Sussex, he scored 271 runs at an average of 27.10, with a high score of 80 not out.[5]
He later played a single first-class match for London County in 1904 against Warwickshire at Crystal Palace Park.[4] In Warwickshire's first-innings of 326, De Montezuma took four wickets, finishing with figures of 4/71, which were the best bowling figures in that innings. He scored 14 runs in London County's first-innings response of 249, before being dismissed by James Byrne. He wasn't called upon to bat or bowl again in the match, which ended in a draw.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Leonidas De Montezuma's Palmares at Cycling Ranking.com". CyclingRanking.com.
- ^ a b c d "Leonidas de Toledo Marcondes De Montezuma". Sussex Cricket Museum. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "The Norwood Club". Cricket: 433. 21 September 1893.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Leonidas de Montezuma". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Leonidas de Montezuma". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "London County v Warwickshire, 1904". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
External links[edit]
- Leonidas de Montezuma at ESPNcricinfo
- Leonidas de Montezuma at CricketArchive