Frederick Steele (cricketer)
Frederick Steele (14 May 1847 – 22 January 1915) was an English cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club and MCC between 1877 and 1880.
Steele was born at Hackney in London in 1847.[1] He made his first-class cricket debut for Middlesex in 1877 and played a total of 10 times for the county side. He also played twice in first-class matches for MCC and once for The South.[2] Steele was a fast bowler. He took 43 wickets in his 13 first-class matches but was described in his Wisden obituary as "no batsman";[3] he scored just 33 first-class runs, with a batting average of just 1.65 runs per innings.[1] He played regularly for MCC as a bowler in non first-class matches as well as for a number of other sides.[2]
Steele died at Hackney in 1915 aged 67.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Frederick Steele, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
- ^ a b Frederick Steele, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-13. (subscription required)
- ^ Frederick Steele, Obituaries in 1915, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1916. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
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