Leonidas de Montezuma

Leonidas de Toledo Marcondes de Montezuma (16 April 1869 – 18 March 1937) was an English cricketer.

Leonidas de Montezuma
Personal information
Full nameLeonidas de Toledo Marcondes de Montezuma
Born(1869-04-16)16 April 1869
Crowborough, Sussex, England
Died18 March 1937(1937-03-18) (aged 67)
Stone, Kent, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1904London County
1898Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 285
Batting average 25.90
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 80*
Balls bowled 104
Wickets 4
Bowling average 20.75
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/71
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 February 2012

Life

De Montezuma was born at Crowborough, Sussex, the sixth of nine children. His parents were born in England, although his father was at one stage a lieutenant in the Brazilian navy.[1]

He was a boarder at the Royal Naval School in London. He went into business with a brother-in-law, but the business was dissolved in 1892.[1] At around the time of his father’s death in 1895 he became a patient at the Bethlem Hospital, Beckenham, probably suffering from bipolar disorder.[1]

He had a variety of occupations, and never married. At the time of his death in 1937 he was a patient at the City of London Mental Hospital in Stone, Kent.[1]

Cricket career

De Montezuma was a right-handed batsman whose bowling style is unknown. He was a prominent batsman in the 1890s for the Norwood club in Surrey.[2] He made his first-class debut for Sussex against Essex in the 1898 County Championship at the County Ground, Leyton. He made seven further first-class appearances for Sussex in that season, the last of which came against Lancashire at Old Trafford.[3] In his eight first-class matches for Sussex, he scored 271 runs at an average of 27.10, with a high score of 80 not out.[4]

He later played a single first-class match for London County in 1904 against Warwickshire at Crystal Palace Park.[3] In Warwickshire's first-innings of 326, De Montezuma took four wickets, finishing with figures of 4/71, which were the best bowling figures in that innings. He scored 14 runs in London County's first-innings response of 249, before being dismissed by James Byrne. He wasn't called upon to bat or bowl again in the match, which ended in a draw.[5]

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References
  1. "Leonidas de Toledo Marcondes De Montezuma". Sussex Cricket Museum. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  2. "The Norwood Club". Cricket: 433. 21 September 1893.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Leonidas de Montezuma". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Leonidas de Montezuma". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  5. "London County v Warwickshire, 1904". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
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