Henry Lette

Henry Elms Lette (christened 10 August 1829 – 15 August 1892) was an Australian cricketer and politician.

Henry Lette

Personal information
Full name	Henry Elms Lette
Born	10 August 1829 Curramore, Tasmania, Australia
Died	15 August 1892 (aged 63) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Bowling	Underarm left-arm
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1852	Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition First class Matches 1 Runs scored 2 Batting average 1.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 2 Balls bowled 116 Wickets 7 Bowling average 11.57 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 4/50 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 15 August 2010

Cricket

Lette was a left-arm underarm bowler who played for Tasmania. He was born in Curramore and died in Launceston.

Lette made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1851–52 season, against Victoria. From the lower order, he scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second. Lette bowled 29 overs in the match, taking 7 wickets.[1]

Politics

Lette represented Launceston in the House of Assembly from November 1862, and was Chairman of Committees of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from July 1877 to 1892.[2][3] Lette represented Central Launceston from 1 September 1871 and North Launceston from 30 May 1877.[3]

See also

• List of Tasmanian representative cricketers

References

1. "Henry Lette". Cricket Archive.
2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Lette, Hon. Henry Elms" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
3. "The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856". Retrieved 14 November 2012.