Frederick Middleton (cricketer)
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Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand
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| Full name | Frederick Stewart Middleton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 May 1883 Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 July 1956 (aged 73) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1905/06–1909/10 | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1917/18 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1919/20–1921/22 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 October 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frederick Stewart Middleton (28 May 1883 – 21 July 1956) was an Australian cricketer who moved to New Zealand during his playing career. He played first-class cricket for New South Wales, Auckland and Wellington between 1905 and 1922, and represented New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.[1][2]
Middleton married Brenda Macalister, a grand-daughter of the 19th-century Queensland Premier Arthur Macalister, in Brisbane in September 1910.[3] They lived in Sydney until about 1916, when they moved to Auckland.[4]
Middleton was an all-rounder, a right-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was in outstanding form for Wellington in two first-class matches against Hawke's Bay towards the end of the 1919–20 season. In the first, he took 6 for 56 and 7 for 36;[5] in the second, he took 5 for 81 and 5 for 51 and scored 34 and 30.[6]
The next season, when the touring Australians played Wellington, Middleton top-scored with 70 and took six wickets.[7] He was chosen for the New Zealand team that played Australia in the first of the two matches that followed shortly afterwards, but was not successful.[8]