Frederick Gross | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | Frederick Albert Gross |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1902 |
Birth Place: | South Stoneham, Hampshire, England |
Death Place: | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Leg break googly |
Club1: | Hampshire |
Club2: | Warwickshire |
Year2: | 1934 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 35 |
Runs1: | 202 |
Bat Avg1: | 7.21 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 32 |
Deliveries1: | 3,251 |
Wickets1: | 51 |
Bowl Avg1: | 37.76 |
Fivefor1: | 1 |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 5/53 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 18/– |
Date: | 23 January |
Year: | 2010 |
Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13479.html Cricinfo |
Frederick Albert Gross (17 September 1902 — 11 March 1975) was an English first-class cricketer.
Gross was born in September 1902 at South Stoneham, Hampshire. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton.[1] Gross made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Sussex at Portsmouth in the 1924 County Championship. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1929, making 34 appearances.[2] In his 34 matches for Hampshire, he took 50 wickets with his leg break googly bowling, at an average of 37.00;[3] he took one five wicket haul, with figures of 5 for 53 against Yorkshire in 1927.[4] As a lower order batsman, he scored 202 runs with a highest score of 32 not out.[5] He later moved to Birmingham, where he took up employment with Mitchells & Butlers.[1] He played club cricket for the company cricket team, and in the 1934 County Championship he made a single appearance for Warwickshire against Yorkshire at Edgbaston;[2] notably, Gross took the wicket of Len Hutton in his first County Championship innings.[6] He died at Birmingham in March 1975.[7]