Les Ames

Les Ames

Leslie ("Les") Ethelbert George Ames, CBE (3 December 1905 in Elham, Kent – 27 February 1990 in Canterbury, Kent) was an outstanding wicket-keeper and batsman for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club. In his obituary, the Wisden of 1991 described him as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman of all time. He was a pupil at the Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone.

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