Herbert Leaf

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Herbert Leaf

| birth_date = 10 October 1854

| birth_place = Norwood, Surrey, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|2|13|1854|10|10|df=yes}}

| death_place = Marlborough, Wiltshire, England

| batting = Right-handed

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| international =

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1877

| club2 = Cambridge University

| year2 = 1876

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 60

| bat avg1 = 8.57

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 18

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 30 April

| year = 2013

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16505.html Cricinfo

}}

Herbert Leaf (10 October 1854 – 13 February 1936) was an English cricketer. Leaf was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Norwood, Surrey.

Educated at Harrow School, where he captained the school cricket team,{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228181.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1936|date=2 December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=30 April 2013}} and then at Trinity College, Cambridge,{{acad|id=LF873H|name=Leaf, Herbert}} Leaf made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Surrey at Fenner's in 1876.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30923/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Herbert Leaf|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 April 2013}} He made three further first-class appearances for Cambridge University in that season, against the Gentlemen of England, Surrey, and the Marylebone Cricket Club. Described in Wisden as a "sound batsman and a smart fieldsman", Leaf scored a total of 52 runs in his four matches for the University, at average of 10.40 and a high score of 18.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30923/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Herbert Leaf|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 April 2013}} In 1877, he made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Cambridge University at Fenner's.

While studying at the University of Cambridge, Leaf played tennis for the university against the University of Oxford. He later taught at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, and was mayor of Marlborough in 1906. He died at Marlborough on 13 February 1936.

His brother was Sir Walter Leaf.