Lees Whitehead (14 March 1864 – 22 November 1913) was an English

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er, who played in 119 games for

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between 1889 and 1904. He also appeared in fifteen games for the

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(MCC) (1890-1903) and for Wembley Park (1896) and over 30 (1901) in first-class games. Born in Birchen Bank, Friarmere near

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, Whitehead appeared in a total of 136 first-class matches. He scored 2,433 runs as a right-handed batsman, with a highest score of 67 not out against

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. He took seventy nine catches in the field, and took 109 wickets with his right arm fast bowling, with a best return of 6 for 45 against the MCC, at an average of 25.67. He took five wickets in an innings on three occasions. He stood as an

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in at least three first-class, non-

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matches towards the end of his playing career. Whitehead later became a director of Hartlepool United F.C.

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