Richard Lee

Richard John Lee (born 6 March 1950) is an Australian business executive and a former banker and first-class cricketer.

Lee was born at the Sydney suburb of Ryde in March 1950. He studied at the University of Sydney, before going as a Rhodes Scholar to Worcester College at the University of Oxford.

While studying at Oxford, Lee played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Leicestershire at Oxford in 1972. Lee played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1974, making a total of 23 appearances. An all-rounder, he scored a total of 894 runs for Oxford, at an average of 21.28 and a high score of 130. This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Lancashire in 1973. With his right-arm medium pace bowling, he took 27 wickets at a bowling average of 39.18 and best figures of 4 for 56. In addition to playing first-class cricket for Oxford, he also appeared in four List A one-day matches for the university in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup. Lee also played a first-class match for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring New Zealanders in 1973. He later became a director of Oil Search, In September 2016, he was appointed the chairman of Ruralco.