Leslie Roff Vincent Prentice (1887 – 13 August 1928) was an Australian born English cricket

Cricket

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er. A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow

Fast bowling

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 bowler, he had a brief first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 career for Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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 in the 1920s.

Biography

Born in Melbourne

Melbourne

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 in 1887, Prentice played twice for the Federated Malay States

Federated Malay States cricket team

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 against the Straits Settlements

Straits Settlements cricket team

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 in 1913 and 1914. He made his first-class debut in May 1920 when he played for Middlesex against Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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. In his second first-class match, a County Championship

County Championship

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 match against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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 at Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground

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, he took 6/95 in the second innings, his only five wicket haul in first-class cricket.

He played three further County Championship matches for Middlesex in the 1920 season

1920 English cricket season

The 1920 English cricket season had no Test cricket as the post-war recovery continued. Middlesex rose from 13th in 1919 to take the first of two back-to-back titles...

 before playing two matches for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University and Cambridge University

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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. He then played for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the South in July. In 1921

1921 English cricket season

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, he played six times for Middlesex before another two matches for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against the two university teams.

He did not play for Middlesex in the 1922 season

1922 English cricket season

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, playing just once for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University. He played his final first-class match in the 1923 season

1923 English cricket season

-Honours:*County Championship - Yorkshire*Minor Counties Championship - Buckinghamshire*Wisden - Arthur Gilligan, Roy Kilner, George Macaulay, Cecil Parkin, Maurice Tate-External sources:*...

 when he played for Middlesex against Oxford University. He died in Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

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in 1928.