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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Leonard Duckworth Furber
| birth_date = 4 August 1880
| birth_place = [[Marylebone]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1912|5|27|1880|8|4|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Fermoy]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]]
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1902/03
| club2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| year2 = 1902/03
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 37
| bat avg1 = 12.33
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 18
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 11 November
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28692.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Leonard Duckworth Furber''' (4 August 1880 – 27 May 1912) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

Furber was born to Charles and Emily Darrell Louisa Furber at [[Marylebone]] in August 1880; he was a twin, with his twin-brother being named Harold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hambo.org/hazelwood/view_man.php?id=194|title=Captain Harold Darrell FURBER|publisher=www.hambo.org|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref> He was educated alongside his twin at [[Charterhouse School]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Charterhouse Register 1872-1900 |date=1904 |publisher=Stedman |page=418 |url=https://archive.org/details/charterhousereg00schogoog |language=en}}</ref> After leaving Charterhouse, Furber joined the [[British Army]] and was commissioned into the [[Suffolk Regiment]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in February 1899,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27052|date=14 February 1899|page=933}}</ref> before transferring to the [[King's Shropshire Light Infantry]] in January 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27263|date=4 January 1901|page=89}}</ref> Furber served in [[British India]] during the early years of the new century, where he played [[first-class cricket]] twice in 1902. His first match came for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Match]], while the second came for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] against the touring [[Oxford University Authentics]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13483/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Leonard Furber|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 37 runs across these two matches, with a highest score of 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13483/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Leonard Furber|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Besides playing first-class cricket, he was known to be an aggressive batsman in services cricket, one hitting 10 [[Boundary (cricket)#Six runs|sixes]] and 23 [[Boundary (cricket)#Four runs|fours]] in an innings.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/232809.html|title=Obituaries in 1912|date=13 January 2006 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref>

In the Shropshire Light Infantry, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in March 1905,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27779|date=28 March 1905|page=2363}}</ref> with promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] following in March 1910.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28367|date=10 May 1910|page=3256}}</ref> While serving in [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]] at [[Fermoy]], he became ill with [[appendicitis]] which required an operation. He died following the operation in May 1912, having suffered post-op complications caused by [[peritonitis]].<ref name="OBIT"/> He had a second brother, [[Edward Price Furber|Edward]], who was a noted obstetrician and surgeon.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=28692}}

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[[Category:1880 births]]
[[Category:1912 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from the City of Westminster]]
[[Category:People from Marylebone]]
[[Category:People educated at Charterhouse School]]
[[Category:King's Shropshire Light Infantry officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Mumbai cricketers]]
[[Category:Deaths from peritonitis]]
[[Category:British people in British India]]

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