Frederick Barkham (26 October 1905 — 8 December 1992) was an English first-class cricketer and cricket coach.
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Full name | Frederick Barkham | ||||||||||||||
Born | 26 October 1905 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 24 January 1992 Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland | (aged 86)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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1948–1949 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 November 2022 |
Barkham was born at Scarborough in October 1905. He was a professional cricketer who initially played his club cricket in England for Scarborough and South Kirkby Colliery.[1] He proceeded to play club cricket in Scotland for Stirling County in the first half of the 1930s, before leaving the club in 1935 to take up a coaching and groundsman position at Dollar Academy in Clackmannanshire.[2] He played club cricket for Clackmannanshire in the final years of the [3] In 1938, he was put forward by Clackmannanshire to trial for the Scottish cricket team, but was unsuccessful.[4] By 1947, he had moved onto to play for St Boswells in Roxburghshire.[5] After showing good form for St Boswells,[6] he was selected to play for Scotland in two first-class matches, against Warwickshire at Edgbaston on Scotland's 1948 tour of England, and against Yorkshire at Hull on their 1949 tour of England.[7] He was unable to repeat his club form in these matches, scoring just 7 runs.[8] He later coached Gala in 1955.[9] In addition to playing at first-class level, Barkham also stood as an umpire in June 1963, when Scotland played the touring Pakistan Eaglets.[10] Barkham died at Melrose in December 1992.
References
edit- ^ Sutcliffe to Open New Pavilion. Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 2 May 1929. p. 8
- ^ Stirling county to lose their professional. Dundee Evening Telegraph. 17 June 1935. p. 8
- ^ Fred Barkham, Dollar Academy coach, plays for Clackmannan at the North Inch. Dundee Evening Telegraph. 17 May 1938. p. 12
- ^ Scots cricket selectors for Dunfermline. Dundee Evening Telegraph. 6 June 1938. p. 8
- ^ The Chopping-Block County Hits Back. Sunday Post. 29 June 1947. p. 15
- ^ Five New Cricket Caps. The Scotsman. 21 June 1948. p. 2
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Barkham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Barkham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Cricket. Berwickshire News and General Advertiser. 9 August 1955. p. 5
- ^ "Frederick Barkham as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2022.