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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
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| country = England<br />
| fullname = Reginald Leahy Sinclair<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = 20 April 1874<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolhapur]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1928|3|23|1874|4|20|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Ditchling]], [[Sussex]], England<br />
| heightft = <br />
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| batting = Unknown<br />
| bowling = Unknown<br />
| role = <br />
| family = <br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = {{nowrap|1893/94–1903/04}}<br />
| club2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]<br />
| year2 = 1902/03<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 14<br />
| runs1 = 88<br />
| bat avg1 = 6.28<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 45<br />
| deliveries1 = 1,945<br />
| wickets1 = 64<br />
| bowl avg1 = 11.23<br />
| fivefor1 = 7<br />
| tenfor1 = 1<br />
| best bowling1 = 6/34<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–<br />
| date = 26 November<br />
| year = 2022<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/reginald-sinclair-34427 Cricinfo<br />
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'''Reginald Leahy Sinclair''' {{postnominal|JP}} (20 April 1874 — 23 March 1928) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[Indian Civil Service]].<br />
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The son of George Sinclair, a surgeon,<ref>Marriages. ''[[The Gentlewoman]]''. 6 May 1905. p. 67.</ref> he was born in [[British India]] at [[Kolhapur]] in April 1874. He was educated in England at [[Repton School]], where he played for the school cricket team.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Repton School Register 1557-1910 |date=1910 |publisher=A. J. Lawrence |page=329 |url=https://archive.org/details/b28994218 |language=en}}</ref> After completing his education, he proceeded to India where he was an assistant collector of salt revenues and a [[Justice of the peace#India|justice of the peace]]. He was awarded the [[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal]] for work during the [[Indian famine of 1899–1900]].<ref name="BOOK"/> While in India, Sinclair played [[first-class cricket]] from 1893 to 1903 on fourteen occasions, thirteen of which came for the [[Europeans cricket team]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Match]], with a further appearance for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] against the touring [[Oxford University Authentics cricket team|Oxford University Authentics]] in 1902.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14563/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Reginald Sinclair|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> A prolific wicket-taker, Sinclair took 64 wickets in first-class cricket at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 11.23, taking a [[five wicket haul]] on three occasions and took [[Ten-wicket haul|ten wickets in a match]] once.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14563/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Reginald Sinclair|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> His best innings figures of 6 for 34 against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] in August 1895, a match which saw him taking match figures of 11 for 77.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4444.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1895/96|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a [[Batting order (cricket)#Lower order or tail|lower order batsman]], he scored 88 runs at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 6.28. His highest score with the bat was 45, which came for Bombay; his next highest score was 14 for the Europeans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14563/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Reginald Sinclair|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Sinclair later retired to England, where he died in March 1928 at [[Ditchling|Ditchling, Sussex]].<br />
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