He kept wicket quite regularly for the Yorkshire Second XI during his career, and played for the South of England and Maurice Leyland's XI in 1947.
Bowling as fast as he could, he conceded 75 runs to Herbert Sutcliffe and Maurice Leyland in 4 overs, and Essex lost again by an innings and 8 runs.
The English batsmen were overwhelmed by the pace bowlers of the West Indies team, and some MCC players complained that Learie Constantine, Manny Martindale and Leslie Hylton intimidated the visiting batsmen with short-pitched bowling.
•
Leyland was born in Bilton, an area of Harrogate, to Mercy (née Lambert) and Edward (Ted) Leyland.
Maurice Ravel | Maurice Chevalier | Maurice Maeterlinck | Maurice Richard Arena | British Leyland | Maurice Delafosse | Maurice Sendak | Maurice Gibb | Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus | Maurice Elvey | Maurice Duruflé | Maurice Béjart | Maurice | Leyland Leopard | Maurice Tourneur | Maurice Merleau-Ponty | Saint-Maurice | Maurice Richard | Leyland Olympian | Leyland | Maurice LaMarche | Maurice Kanbar | Maurice Jarre | Maurice Fitzgerald | Maurice de Saxe | Maurice Bishop International Airport | Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne | Maurice Utrillo | Maurice Petty | Maurice Lucas |
Sperry's only first-class match that was not for Leicestershire came in 1947, when he appeared in a festival match at Harrogate in which two teams composed largely of county rather than Test players played a game organised by Maurice Leyland, who had retired from full-time cricket the previous year.