Frederic Ford Stileman (4 February 1882 – 29 May 1949) was an English first-class cricketer and merchant.
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| Full name | Frederic Ford Stileman | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 February 1882 Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 May 1949 (aged 67) Charlwood, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Cyril Stileman (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1910/11–1921/22 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||
The son of the civil engineer Francis Stileman,[1] he was born at Barrow-in-Furness in February 1882. He was educated at the Lancaster Royal Grammar School. After completing his education, Stileman went to British India where he was a merchant.[2] In India, he played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team, making his debut for the team against the Parsees in the 1910–11 Bombay Presidency Match. He made a further five appearances in the Presidency Matches until 1921, with his final appearance coming against Parsees.[3] In his six matches, he scored 157 runs at an average of 15.70, with a highest score of 37.[4] In business, Stileman was amongst the first subscribers of The Associated Cement Companies upon its foundation in 1936.[5] He later retired to England, where he died in May 1949 at Charlwood, Surrey.[2] His brother, Cyril, was also a first-class cricketer for the Europeans.
References
edit- ^ Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who. Mumbai: Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1928. p. 895.
- ^ a b "Charlwood residents will". Surrey Mirror. Reigate. 9 September 1949. p. 8. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Frederic Stileman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederic Stileman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ Chaturvedi, Abha; Chaturvedi, Anil; Kapur, M. S. (1997). ACC, a Corporate Saga. Mumbai: Associated Cement Companies. p. 38. ISBN 9788175250307.