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Leslie Hewitt Gay, (24 March 1871 – 1 November 1949) was an English amateur sportsman who represented England in both cricket and association football in the 1890s. A double Blue at Cambridge University, Gay first appeared in internationals as a football goalkeeper, playing an unofficial international against Canada in 1891. Over the following two years, he played three times for England in the British Home Championship, alongside appearances for Cambridge University and the Corinthians. As a cricketer, Gay played as a wicket-keeper for Hampshire County Cricket Club in "second-class" county cricket alongside his matches for Cambridge University, before switching to Somerset in 1894. At the end of the English summer, he travelled as part of Andrew Stoddart's team which toured Australia. After appearing in the first Test match of the series, he was dropped from the Test team due to poor keeping.
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Full name | Leslie Hewitt Gay | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1871-03-24)24 March 1871 Brighton, Sussex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 November 1949(1949-11-01) (aged 78) Sidmouth, Devon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Kingsmill Key (cousin) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 91) | 14 December 1894 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1891–1894 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||
1894–1904 | Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | |||||||||||||||||||||
1894 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||
1900 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 February 2020 |
After the tour of Australia, Gay lived in Ceylon for a few years, returning to England in 1898 for a short time to get married. He then emigrated once again, this time to Canada, before settling back in England in 1904. He split from his wife, and opted to live a "hedonistic" lifestyle; playing golf and cricket, and sharing the home of a wealthy young widower in east Devon. After her death he remained in the area, where he died, aged 78, in 1949.