Eddie McLeod (cricketer)

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Eddie McLeod

| image = Eddie McLeod in 1935.png

| caption = Eddie McLeod in 1935

| fullname = Edwin George McLeod

| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|10|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|9|14|1900|10|14|df=y}}

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1930

| country = New Zealand

| onetest = true

| testdebutagainst = England

| testdebutdate = 24 January

| testdebutyear = 1930

| testcap = 12

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg-spin

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 18

| bat avg1 = 18.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 16

| deliveries1 = 12

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 0/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 28

| runs2 = 1407

| bat avg2 = 32.72

| 100s/50s2 = 1/9

| top score2 = 102

| deliveries2 = 1018

| wickets2 = 20

| bowl avg2 = 33.20

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 4/56

| catches/stumpings2= 11/–

| date = 1 April

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37709.html Cricinfo

}}

Edwin George McLeod (14 October 1900 – 14 September 1989) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1930.{{cite web |title=Eddie McLeod |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37709.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=17 October 2020}} He was also an international hockey player who captained New Zealand.

Cricket career

McLeod was a middle-order and opening batsman who also bowled leg-spin. He played for Auckland from 1920–21 to 1923–24, and for Wellington from 1925–26 to 1940–41. He captained Wellington in 1939-40 and 1940–41.{{cite web |title=Eddie McLeod |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/543/543.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=26 August 2021}}

When the MCC toured New Zealand to play New Zealand's first Test series in 1929–30, McLeod scored 37 and 21 not out and took 3 for 7 and 4 for 56 for Wellington against the tourists.{{cite web |title=Wellington v Marylebone Cricket Club 1929–30 |url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1920S/1929-30/ENG_IN_NZ/MCC_WELL_13-17DEC1929.html |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=28 April 2025}} New Zealand lost the First Test shortly afterwards, and McLeod was one of three new players brought in for the Second Test. He was not successful (although New Zealand improved and drew the match) and did not play any further Tests.{{cite web |title=New Zealand v England, Wellington 1929-30 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13356.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=17 October 2020}} He made 102 and 35 for Wellington against Auckland two weeks after the Test series ended.{{cite web |title=Wellington v Auckland 1929–30 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1920S/1929-30/NZ_LOCAL/PS/WELL_AUCK_PS_07-11MAR1930.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=17 October 2020}}

Hockey career

McLeod represented New Zealand in hockey in the 1920s and 1930s. He played in New Zealand's first hockey Test match, against Australia in 1922 at Palmerston North, a game that New Zealand won 5–4.{{cite web |title=Test cricketers who played international field hockey |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2014/10/13/test-cricketers-played-international-field-hockey/ |website=The Roar |access-date=26 August 2021}} He was the captain of the New Zealand side that played India in a three-Test series in New Zealand in 1935.{{cite journal |title=An Unusual Trophy |journal=Poverty Bay Herald |date=25 September 1935 |page=14 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19350925.2.132.8}} He later served as a national hockey selector.Wisden 1990, p. 1207.