George Leer
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George Leer
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George Leer was a famous English cricketer who played for Hampshire in the time of the Hambledon Club. Leer began playing in the 1760s. His name has become almost synonymous with the now archaic long stop fielding position that was deemed so necessary in underarm days. According to Arthur Haygarth, Leer "was a good and successful bat, but was mostly famous as long-stop to Thomas Brett’s tremendous bowling in the Hambledon matches. He was always called "Little George", and was a fine singer, havi
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English cricketer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Leer
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2023-08-18T17:53:21Z
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