Michael Frederick (cricketer)

Michael Campbell Frederick (6 May 1927 – 18 June 2014) was a Barbadian cricketer who played one Test for the West Indies in 1954 and first-class cricket for Barbados in 1944–45, Derbyshire in 1949 and Jamaica in 1953–54.

Michael Frederick
Personal information
Full name
Michael Campbell Frederick
Born(1927-03-06)6 March 1927
St Peter, Barbados
Died18 June 2014(2014-06-18) (aged 87)
May Pen, Jamaica
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Only Test15 January 1954 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1944/45Barbados
1949Derbyshire
1953/54Jamaica
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 1 6
Runs scored 30 294
Batting average 15.00 29.40
100s/50s 0/0 0/3
Top score 30 84
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, January 2012

Frederick was born at Mile and a Quarter, St Peter, Barbados. He was educated at The Lodge School, well known as the cradle of cricket in Barbados, where he benefited from the coaching of Leslie Arthur "Bessie" Walcott.[1] He played as a 17-year-old for Barbados in 1944–45, playing one first-class match against British Guiana.

He went to England in time for the 1946 season and played an assortment of friendly matches for Derbyshire. He played for the Swarkestone Cricket Club, and from 1948 to 1950 he played for Derbyshire's second team, alongside fellow Barbadian Laurie Johnson.[2] Johnson played fairly regularly in the first team in the 1949 season, but Frederick played only two first-class games, in one of which he was top scorer with 84.

Frederick next appeared in first-class cricket in the West Indies in 1953–54, playing in two matches for Jamaica against the MCC tourists. He scored a 50 in each match, and was drafted as an opening batsman for the First Test against England in 1954 at Sabina Park, Kingston. He scored 30 in the second innings after a duck in the first innings, and West Indies won the match by 140 runs.[3] Frederick was dropped for the Second Test, and did not play first-class cricket again.

He died after a fall. He was survived by his wife Eva, a sister of R. James deRoux, and their children Andrew, Charles and Catherine.[4]

His cousin Robin Bynoe also played for the West Indies.

References

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  1. ^ Keith A. P. Sandiford Cricket nurseries of colonial Barbados: the elite schools, 1865-1966 1998
  2. ^ "Bygone Derbyshire - Laurie Johnson - Run machine from Barbados". Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  3. ^ West Indies v England, Kingston 1953-54
  4. ^ Frederick, Michael Campbell Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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