Stan Leadbetter

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Stanley Austin Leadbetter

| birth_date = 22 May 1937

| birth_place = Stanion, Northamptonshire,
England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|12|13|1937|5|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Kettering, Northamptonshire,
England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 112

| bat avg1 = 22.40

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 46

| deliveries1 = 18

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 19 March

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16504.html Cricinfo

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Stanley 'Stan' Austin Leadbetter (22 May 1937 – 13 December 2013) was an English first-class cricketer.

While undertaking his national service as a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force, Leadbetter made his debut in first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 1956.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30922/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Stan Leadbetter |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-19 |url-access=subscription}} He made two further first-class appearances the following year, against Surrey and Warwickshire. He scored a total of 112 runs across his three first-class matches, averaging 22.40, with a high score of 46.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30922/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Stan Leadbetter |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-19 |url-access=subscription}} He featured regularly for the Northamptonshire Second XI from 1953–1958, but did not feature for the first team.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30922/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Stan Leadbetter |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-19 |url-access=subscription}}

He died at Kettering in December 2013.{{London Gazette |issue=60748|date=9 January 2014|page=406}}