A YOUNG 'LEVIATHAN.'
A new cricketer, named Leslie, of Oxford, is creating a sensation at Home. He helped to win the Uni* versity match for Oxford by h : s brilliant batting in the second i.v vi ngs,
? making a se-*ro of 70 A c >rrvspon-. r -lent of the Leader says of him .* - ' The 'debut' of Leslie (ns bo.n !_♦» -, event of the season. lie is only IG p years of age, h.ving left Kugby last. s year; but fairluiirei boy though ho P is, lv) is as strong na a horse, and is certain to earn :i gruai name in er»efeet* annals if be sticks to ir. This pfnriao I mention ndv : sedly, for I am m » prsnon to sate that his fill her, who ' is an eminent musician, does not mean 1 to send him hack to Oxford, although 1 he has oniy been a year iv residence. j The present intention is for him to cuter L'oyd's well-know shipping firm and it is to be hoped that if he- .j. lost; to bU 'alma mater. ' he will not be to the cricket world, for a more promising novice .ha? -not appeared since Hie great 'W, G. first caused such fluttering in the dovecotes of the cricketing CoriolL*
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 5 October 1881, Page 2
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209A YOUNG 'LEVIATHAN.' Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 5 October 1881, Page 2
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