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Leslie Balfour-Melville (9 March 1854 – 17 July 1937), born Leslie Balfour, was a Scottish amateur sportsman, serving as captain, opening batsman and wicket-keeper for the Scotland national cricket team.〔(StatsZone Scotland ), Cricket Europe. Retrieved 28 April 2007.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leslie Balfour-Melville )〕 Balfour-Melville was also an international rugby union player,〔Bath, p104〕 tennis player, ice skater, curler, long-jumper and player of English billiards. He was a prolific golf medal winner, winning The Amateur Championship, at St Andrews in 1895. He also held several administrative positions within national governing bodies. He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union, President of the Scottish Cricket Union, and Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in 1906. Balfour-Melville was an inaugural inductee into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. ==Biography== Balfour was born in Bonnington, Edinburgh, in 1854.〔(Player profile ) on scrum.com. Retrieved 17 February 2010.〕 Educated at the Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh, he became a lawyer by profession, rising to be a Writer to the Signet. In 1893 the family changed its name to Balfour-Melville when his father succeeded to the estate of Mount Melville near St Andrews, Fife. His son James also played cricket for Scotland before losing his life in the First World War. Balfour-Melville died in North Berwick, East Lothian, in 1937.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leslie Balfour-Melville」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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