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Full name | Leonard Stanley Monk |
Born | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | 14 November 1873
Died | 21 July 1948 Edgecliff, Sydney, Australia | (aged 74)
Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 17 May 2016 |
Leonard Stanley Monk (14 November 1873 – 21 July 1948) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago during 1901–02 season. [1]
Born at Dunedin in 1873, [2] Monk was a fast bowler of considerable pace. [3] After one first-class match in December 1901 in which he secured four wickets cheaply, and Otago won, [4] he left Dunedin to tour with the Hawtrey Comedy Company, which also fielded a cricket team on its tours. [5] He remained in the theatre as an actor and manager, touring in Australia and New Zealand. [6] [7] He represented the Shakespearean actor Allan Wilkie in the 1920s. [8]
Monk served with the Australian forces in World War One. [9] He married Elsie Stephanie Austin in July 1934 [10] and died at Edgecliff in Sydney in 1948 at the age of 74. [1]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Leonard Stanley Monk |
Born | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | 14 November 1873
Died | 21 July 1948 Edgecliff, Sydney, Australia | (aged 74)
Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 17 May 2016 |
Leonard Stanley Monk (14 November 1873 – 21 July 1948) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago during 1901–02 season. [1]
Born at Dunedin in 1873, [2] Monk was a fast bowler of considerable pace. [3] After one first-class match in December 1901 in which he secured four wickets cheaply, and Otago won, [4] he left Dunedin to tour with the Hawtrey Comedy Company, which also fielded a cricket team on its tours. [5] He remained in the theatre as an actor and manager, touring in Australia and New Zealand. [6] [7] He represented the Shakespearean actor Allan Wilkie in the 1920s. [8]
Monk served with the Australian forces in World War One. [9] He married Elsie Stephanie Austin in July 1934 [10] and died at Edgecliff in Sydney in 1948 at the age of 74. [1]