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Frederick Stanley (cricketer)

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Frederick Stanley
Personal information
Full name
Frederick William Stanley
Born(1923-11-05)5 November 1923
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Died22 October 1993(1993-10-22) (aged 69)
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1950/51–1953/54Otago
1952/53Dunedin Metropolitan
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 13
Runs scored 104
Batting average 6.93
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 28
Balls bowled 2,332
Wickets 46
Bowling average 24.08
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/25
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 April 2024

Frederick William Stanley (5 November 1923 – 22 October 1993) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Otago between the 1950–51 and 1953–54 seasons.[1]

Stanley was born at Dunedin in 1923. He worked as an upholsterer.[2] A right-arm medium-pace bowler who played club cricket for Kaikorai in Dunedin,[3][4] Stanley made his first-class debut for Otago in a January 1951 Plunket Shield match against Wellington at Carisbrook. Opening the bowling, he went wicketless in Wellington's first innings but took a five-wicket haul in the second innings as the side was dismissed for a score of only 82―a performance described by The Press as "brilliant bowling".[5]

He played against the touring England Test team later in the season and went on to play regularly for the representative side for four seasons, taking a total of 46 wickets, including another two five-wicket hauls.[6]

Stanley died at Dunedin in 1993. He was aged 69.[1] An obituary was published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack in 1994.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Frederick Stanley". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  3. ^ Cricket: Plunket Shield Match, The Press, volume LXXXVI, issue 26299, 19 December 1950, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 July 2023.)
  4. ^ Plunket Shield, Otago Daily Times, issue 27569, 11 December 1950, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 July 2023.)
  5. ^ Cricket: Otago wins by 251 runs, The Press, volume LXXXVII, issue 26317, 11 January 1951, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 July 2023.)
  6. ^ Frederick Stanley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2023. (subscription required)
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