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Toby Colbeck

Leonard George ("Toby") Colbeck was an English first-class cricketer active from 1905 to 1914, playing for Middlesex. He was born in South Harrow. He died off the Cape of Good Hope in HMS Ormonde during World War I, in which he had been awarded the Military Cross.

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Leonard George ("Toby") Colbeck (1 January 1884 – 3 January 1918) was an English first-class cricketer active from 1905 to 1914, playing for Middlesex. He was born in South Harrow. He died off the Cape of Good Hope in HMS Ormonde during World War I, in which he had been awarded the Military Cross.¹²

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Toby Colbeck at ESPNcricinfo
"Cricketers who died in World War 1 – Part 2 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.