Frederick Maxwell Bury (26 February 1836 – 4 July 1885) was an English cricketer who played two first-class matches for Demerara, an antecedent of the present Guyanese national side, while resident in British Guiana in the 1860s.

Frederick Bury
Personal information
Full name
Frederick William Bury
Born26 February 1836
Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England
Died4 July 1885 (aged 49)
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Relations
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1864/65–1865/66Demerara (British Guiana)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 17
Batting average 4.25
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 8
Balls bowled 36
Wickets 5
Bowling average 19.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/?
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 22 December 2014

Bury was born in Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, in 1836, where his father was the vicar.[1] He was the second of three brothers who all played first-class cricket – Thomas William (1831–1918) played for Cambridge University, and William (1839–1927) played for Cambridge University, Nottinghamshire, and Gentlemen of the North.[2][3] Frederick Bury made his debut for Demerara in what was retrospectively considered the inaugural first-class match in the West Indies, played against Barbados at the Garrison Savannah, Bridgetown, in February 1865.[4] In that match, he opened the batting with Calvin Gilbert in each innings, but scored only seven runs across two innings as Demerara was dismissed for 22 and 38 – no Demeraran made double figures. Bury took two wickets in Barbados' innings of 74 and 124, with Barbados winning the match by 138 runs.[5]

In the return fixture, at the Parade Ground, Georgetown, in September 1865, Bury and Gilbert, the two opening batsmen of the previous match, batted much lower in the batting order. The match was again a low-scoring encounter, with Demerara faring better than the previous encounter, eventually winning the match by two wickets after an unbeaten 39 not out from replacement opener William Watson. Bury took a single wicket in Barbados' first innings, that of Augustus Smith, but went wicketless in the second innings.[6] Bury eventually returned to England, dying at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, in July 1885, aged 49.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Frederick Bury – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ Thomas Bury – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ William Bury – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  4. ^ First-class matches played by Frederick Bury (2) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  5. ^ Barbados v Demerara, First-Class matches in West Indies 1864/65 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  6. ^ Demerara v Barbados, First-Class matches in West Indies 1865/66 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 December 2014.