17 Facts About Garnet Lee

Garnet Morley Lee was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933.

Garnet Lee scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first-class career.

Garnet Lee played for the full season in 1911 without any spectacular performances, but in 1912 started to find batting form.

In 1922 Lee dropped out of the game for the middle part of the season, but scored 100 not out against Surrey.

Garnet Lee lost his place with the team and stopped playing at the end of the season.

Garnet Lee joined Derbyshire in 1923, but spent two years qualifying.

Garnet Lee started playing first-class cricket for the club in the 1925 season and became far more active as a bowler.

Garnet Lee made more than 1000 runs for Derbyshire in his first year, scoring 119 against Warwickshire and 113 against Somerset.

Garnet Lee took 5 for 57 against Leicestershire, 5 for 59 against Gloucestershire and 6 for 74 against Warwickshire.

In 1928 Garnet Lee wintered in Jamaica playing for L H Tennyson's XI.

Garnet Lee took 6 wickets for 44 against Glamorgan, 5 for 99 against Worcestershire, 5 for 48 against Oxford University and 5 for 57 against Northamptonshire.

Garnet Lee had a bad run in the 1930 season but returned to scoring in the 1931 season with 173 and 141 against Northamptonshire and 147 against Essex.

Garnet Lee played his final season in 1933 with 107 against Leicestershire and 128 against Northamptonshire.

Garnet Lee was a right-hand batsman and played 624 innings in 373 first-class matches with a top score of 200 not out and an average of 25.75.

Garnet Lee was a leg-break and googly bowler and took 397 first-class wickets at an average of 28.04 and a best performance of 7 for 67.

Garnet Lee coached at Repton School from 1941 to 1945 when Lionel Blaxland was in charge of cricket and Donald Carr became one of the best schoolboy cricketers of all time.

Garnet Lee died at Hawtonville, Newark, Nottinghamshire at the age of 88.