Clarrie Fleay
Personal information
Full name
Clarence William Edward James Fleay
Born27 December 1886
Gilgering, Western Australia
Died6 August 1955 (aged 68)
Katanning, Western Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1922/23Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 4
Batting average 4.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 4
Balls bowled 72
Wickets 2
Bowling average 18.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/10
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 December 2012

Clarence William Edward James Fleay (27 December 1886 – 6 August 1955) was an Australian cricketer who played a single match for Western Australia during the 1922–23 season.

Born on his parents' property at Gilgering, a locality between York and Beverley in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia,[1] Fleay boarded at The High School (now Hale School) in Perth, and played Darlot Cup cricket for the school in his final two years.[2] He was one of his school's most successful batsmen, with his highest score an innings of 137 not out during the 1905–06 season.[3] After the conclusion of his schooling, Fleay returned to the country, where he regularly played in district teams.[4][5][6] At the annual Country Week tournament held in Perth, he usually represented Katanning, and sometimes captained the side.[7]

Fleay's single match at first-class level came in November 1922, against a touring Marylebone Cricket Club side led by Archie MacLaren (although John Hartley substituted as captain in the match against Western Australia).[8] His selection for the team was based mainly on his form in the preceding year's Country Week matches, with Joe Lanigan the only other player selected from country sides.[9][10] In the match, held at the WACA Ground, Fleay, an occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, took two wickets in the MCC's first innings to finish with figures of 2/10. He scored only four runs whilst batting, and was not selected at first-class level.[11] Fleay spent the remainder of his life in the country, and died in Katanning in August 1955, aged 68.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "FROM YORK TO DALE RIVER: THE COUNTRY DESCRIBED" – The Western Mail. Published 13 March 1909.
  2. ↑ Sport: Hale Cricketers – Old Haleians' Association. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "MR. A. G. RUSSELL'S TEAM v. HIGH SCHOOL: FINE BATTING BY FLEAY" – The West Australian. Published 6 March 1906.
  4. ↑ Miscellaneous matches played by Clarence Fleay (1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "YORK CRICKET CLUB" – Western Mail. Published 18 May 1907.
  6. ↑ "CRICKET: COUNTRY MATCHES" – The West Australian. Published 10 February 1904.
  7. ↑ "CRICKET WEEK IN PERTH: SUCCESS OF KATANNING TEAM" – Albany Advertiser. Published 8 March 1922.
  8. ↑ First-class matches played by Clarence Fleay (1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "CRICKET: WESTERN AUSTRALIA V. MACLAREN'S TEAM" – The West Australian. Published 1 November 1922.
  10. ↑ "VISIT OF MACLAREN'S TEAM: LOCAL PLAYERS IN STATE ELEVEN" – Geraldton Guardian. Published 2 November 1922.
  11. ↑ Western Australia v Marylebone Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1922/23 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  12. ↑ Clarence Fleay player profile – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
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