Edwin Leaney
Edwin Leaney was an English professional cricketer.
Leaney was born at Woolwich in what was then Kent in 1860. He played six first-class cricket matches as a wicket-keeper for Kent [County Cricket Club] in 1892 and English [cricket team in South Africa in 1891–92|toured South Africa] with Walter Reed's XI in 1891–92, although he did not play in the match against South [Africa national cricket team|South Africa] which was given retrospective Test match status. He played for Old Charlton Cricket Club and his Wisden obituary says that he "was well-known in Metropolitan Club cricket".
Leaney played reserve team football as a goalkeeper in the 1890–91 season for Royal [Arsenal F.C.], the amateur team which evolved into Woolwich Arsenal F.C. in 1893. He died at the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital in Greenwich in 1904 after undergoing an operation. He was 44.