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F. S. Ashley-Cooper

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Frederick Samuel Ashley-Cooper (born c. 22 March 1877 in Bermondsey, London; died 31 January 1932 in Milford, near Godalming, Sussex) was a cricket historian and statistician.

His most notable works were:

  • Cricket Magazine (1900) reproducing notices of known matches played 1742 to 1751
  • Sussex Cricket and Cricketers (1901)
  • Curiosities of First-Class Cricket 1730-1901 (1901)
  • The Hambledon Cricket Chronicle 1772-1796 (1924)
  • Kent Cricket Matches 1719-1880 (1929)
  • Nottinghamshire Cricket and Cricketers (1923)

See also

Further reading

  • Peter Wynne-Thomas, F S Ashley-Cooper - A Biographical Sketch & Bibliography, ACS, 2003