William Charles Leonard Creese (27 December 1907 – 9 March 1974) was a South African born English cricketer. Creese was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace.Creese made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1928 County Championship against Somerset. Creese represented Hampshire in 278 first-class matches from 1928 to 1939, with his first-class career with Hampshire ending due to the start of the Second World War.