Andrew Leech is a great grandson of the famous English and Colonial Australian cricketer Charles Lawrence. Andrew was born in Croydon, Victoria, Australia and was an enthusiastic sports person playing cricket at North Croydon and representing the Eastern suburbs as a Vice Captain and opening batsman. He also played in the original Croydon Hockeyers cricket team. Andrew also represented Victoria in Hockey and learnt his skills from the original Croydon Hockey Club which contained many highly skilled and championship players. Andrew also represented Cairns and North Queensland in men's hockey. Andrew studied Architecture at RMIT and is now based in Sydney. He currently practices Architecture throughout Australia and the UK in the area of Quality Management, Site Administration and Building Diagnostics. Andrew administers his own on line business - www.plansforcouncil.com and has his own writing and publishing business.