Leslie Balfour
| Leslie Balfour-Melville | |
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Balfour-Melville (c. 1887)
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Leslie Balfour-Melville |
| Born |
9 March 1854 Bonnington, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 17 July 1937 (aged 83) North Berwick, Scotland |
| Nationality |
 Scotland
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| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
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| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | 5th: 1888 |
| U.S. Amateur | DNP |
| British Amateur | Won: 1895 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Scottish Sports Hall of Fame | 2002 |
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.
Balfour-Melville was also an international rugby union player,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.
Balfour was born in Bonnington, Edinburgh, on 9 March 1854 the son of James Balfour Melville (1815-1898) and his wife, Eliza Ogilvy Heriot Maitland (1821-1887).
He was 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 Edinburgh residence was at 53 Hanover Street in Edinburgh's New Town.
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