| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Frederick Hayes Whymper |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 1827 |
| Birth Place: | Westminster, Middlesex, England |
| Death Place: | Chelsea, London, England |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1849 - 1852 |
| Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year2: | 1851 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 8 |
| Runs1: | 60 |
| Bat Avg1: | 7.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 18 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/– |
| Date: | 11 July |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/frederick-whymper-23383 Cricinfo |
Frederick Hayes Whymper (14 October 1827 – 24 February 1893) was an English civil servant and a cricketer who played in eight first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University and other amateur sides between 1849 and 1852.[1] [2] He was born at Westminster and died at Chelsea, both in London.
Whymper was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He played cricket as a middle- or lower-order batsman at Eton and appeared twice in the annual Eton v Harrow cricket match.[1] At Cambridge, he played several times for the university side in 1849 without ever making much impact, sometimes batting as low as No 11; despite an unimpressive record, he was picked for the 1849 University Match against Oxford University, when he made 7 and 5 in his two innings.[4] After 1849, he played only single first-class matches in each of the next three seasons.[1] While at Cambridge, Whymper was also reported to have been involved in the formulation of the Cambridge rules of 1848 for football.
Whymper graduated from Cambridge University in 1851 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, being placed third in the Classics Tripos list for his year; earlier, he had been awarded the Craven Scholarship.[3] He was admitted as a lawyer at Lincoln's Inn in 1851, but then pursued a career as a factory inspector, responsible for the enforcement of workplace safety and employment law under the various Factories Acts.[3] He was Superintending Inspector first at Bristol, covering the south-west of England, and then for Ireland, before succeeding as the Chief Inspector of Factories in 1891.[5]