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Lancelot Leak
A brilliant rover with good evasive skills and a keen eye for goal, Lance Leak debuted with
Sturt
in 1922, and impressed from the start. A smooth ball handler, some of his best games were played when the going was heavy, and he was frequently described in terms like 'mud lark' and 'mud skipper'. He represented South Australia at the
1924 Hobart carnival
, and was widely acknowledged as one of the premier small men in the state. His league career with the Double Blues was interrupted between 1926 and 1929 when he lived interstate, and as a result he missed the chance of participating in the club's premiership triumph of 1926. Leak played with
North Shore
in Sydney in 1926, and also represented both New South Wales and a Metropolitan Sydney representative side. Thereafter, his movements are unclear until his return to South Australia in 1930, when he resumed his SANFL career with the Double Blues. Two years later he finally got to achieve the main ambition of nearly all footballers when he played on a half forward flank in Sturt's 1932 grand final defeat of
North Adelaide
. Leak's final two seasons in league football were spent with
Glenelg
, and included participation in the club's boilover grand final victory over
Port Adelaide
in 1934
. Lance Leak's senior career at the top level comprised 102 games and 104 goals for Sturt, a season with North Shore, 22 games and 19 goals with Glenelg, 4 interstate appearances and 7 goals for South Australia, plus either 3 or 4 representative and interstate games (records are unclear) during the Sydney phase of his career.
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