Country: | England |
Fullname: | Frederick Barkham |
Birth Date: | 26 October 1905 |
Birth Place: | Scarborough, Yorkshire, England |
Death Place: | Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Club1: | Scotland |
Year1: | 1948 - 1949 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 7 |
Bat Avg1: | 2.33 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 3 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 3 November |
Year: | 2022 |
Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/frederick-barkham-25146 Cricinfo |
Frederick Barkham (26 October 1905 — 8 December 1992) was an English first-class cricketer and cricket coach.
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.