Ronald Outram Lee (26 December 1876 – 12 March 1940) was an

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first-class

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er and an officer in both the

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and the

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, as well as playing

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while serving in

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. Lee was born at

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in December 1876 to Dr Herbert Grove Lee. He was educated at

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, before going up to study medicine at

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. He played

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for

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on three occasions during his summer break, playing twice in the

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and once in the 1899 Minor Counties Championship. While at Cambridge he made a single appearance in

for

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against

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in 1899. Batting once in the match, he was dismissed in the Cambridge first-innings without scoring by

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. With his right-arm

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, he took 3 wickets in the match to finish with match figures of 3 for 79. He qualified with his M.B. in 1906, and began working as a surgeon at house physician

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. He served throughout the

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with the

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. From 1920 until his death in March 1940, he practiced medicine at Thame Hospital in

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