David Leather


David Leather is a former English cricketer. Brock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Whiston, Merseyside.
Leather made his debut for Cheshire in the 1997 Minor [Counties Championship] against Devon. Leather played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1997 to 1999, including nine Minor Counties Championship matches.
In 1998, he made his List A debut for the British Universities cricket team against Somerset in the Benson and Hedges Cup. He played two further List A matches for the team in that competition, against Hampshire and Surrey. In that same season he made his only first-class appearance for the team, which came against the touring South Africans at Fenner's, Cambridge. In this match he batted once, being dismissed for a duck by Pat Symcox, while with the ball he bowled 10 wicket-less overs. He later made a single List A appearance, his last, for Cheshire against Kent in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In total, Leather played four List A matches, scoring 75 runs at a batting average of 37.50, with a high score of 42*. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 78.00, with best figures of 1/38.
He also played Second XI cricket for the Lancashire Second XI in 1995 and the Sussex Second XI in 1998.