Spencer Austen-Leigh

Spencer Austen-Leigh (17 February 1834 – 9 December 1913) was an English cricketer. Austen-Leigh was a right-handed batsman, although his bowling style is not known. He was born at Speen, Berkshire, and was educated at Harrow School. His name changed from Spencer Austen to Spencer Austen-Leigh in 1837. He was the great-nephew of the author Jane Austen.^[1]

Spencer Austen-Leigh

Personal information
Full name	Spencer Austen-Leigh
Born	(1834-02-02)2 February 1834 Speen, Berkshire, England
Died	9 December 1913(1913-12-09) (aged 79) Firle, Sussex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Unknown
Relations	Arthur Austen-Leigh (brother) Cholmeley Austen-Leigh (brother) Charles Austen-Leigh (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1862–1866	Sussex
1858	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 13 Runs scored 209 Batting average 11.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 42 Balls bowled 40 Wickets 1 Bowling average 14.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/9 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 June 2012

Austen-Leigh made his first-class debut for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Sussex and Kent at Lord's in 1857. The following season he made a single first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford.^[2] Two years later, he made a first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of the Marylebone Cricket Club against the Gentlemen of Kent at the St Lawrence Ground. In 1862, Austen-Leigh made his debut for Sussex against Kent at the Royal Brunswick Ground. He made nine further first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1866.^[2] In his ten first-class matches for the county, he scored 155 runs at an average of 11.07, with a high score of 42.^[3]

He died at Firle, Sussex, on 9 December 1913. His brothers, Arthur, Cholmeley and Charles, all played first-class cricket. Another brother, Augustus, was a Provost of King's College, Cambridge.