Willoughby was born at Edinburgh in April 1862. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Derbyshire at Southampton in 1885. He made seven further first-class appearances for Hampshire during that season.[1] Playing in the Hampshire side as a left-arm medium pace bowler, he took 25 wickets at an average of 22.56, with best figures of 4 for 39.[2] As a lower order batsman, he scored 60 runs with a highest score of 19.[3] With Hampshire losing their first-class status following that season, he continued to play minor matches for the county in 1886.[4] Around the as he played first-class cricket for Hampshire, Willoughby founded the now defunct Botley F.C.[5]
Soon after this, he relocated to Malvern to take up the post of cricket coach at Malvern College, where he helped to produce several first-class cricketers.[6] There, he initially began playing minor matches for Worcestershire in 1890,[4] before playing for Worcestershire in their maiden season of minor counties cricket; his sole minor counties appearance came against Hertfordshire in the 1895 Minor Counties Championship.[7] He later stood as an umpire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1904 and 1905,[8] before standing in 21 first-class matches in 1906.[9] Willoughby returned to Hampshire in his latter years, where he was resident at Eastleigh.[5] He died there in April 1952, eleven days short of his 90th birthday.
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^"First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Willoughby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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^ ab"Botley Football Club – Nearly Fifty Years Ago". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 1 September 1934. p. 15. Retrieved 11 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Notes by observer". Worcestershire Chronicle. Worcester. 5 July 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 11 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Frederick Willoughby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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frederick, willoughby, this, article, about, cricketer, clergyman, frederick, samuel, willoughby, frederick, george, willoughby, april, 1862, april, 1952, scottish, born, english, first, class, cricketer, personal, informationfull, namefrederick, george, willo. This article is about the cricketer For the clergyman see Frederick Samuel Willoughby Frederick George Willoughby 25 April 1862 16 April 1952 was a Scottish born English first class cricketer Frederick WilloughbyPersonal informationFull nameFrederick George WilloughbyBorn 1862 04 25 25 April 1862Edinburgh Midlothian ScotlandDied14 April 1952 1952 04 14 aged 89 Eastleigh Hampshire EnglandBattingRight handedBowlingLeft arm mediumDomestic team informationYearsTeam1885Hampshire1895WorcestershireUmpiring informationFC umpired21 1906 Career statisticsCompetition First classMatches 8Runs scored 60Batting average 5 00100s 50s Top score 19Balls bowled 1 334Wickets 25Bowling average 22 565 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling 4 39Catches stumpings 5 Source Cricinfo 1 January 2010 Willoughby was born at Edinburgh in April 1862 He made his debut in first class cricket for Hampshire against Derbyshire at Southampton in 1885 He made seven further first class appearances for Hampshire during that season 1 Playing in the Hampshire side as a left arm medium pace bowler he took 25 wickets at an average of 22 56 with best figures of 4 for 39 2 As a lower order batsman he scored 60 runs with a highest score of 19 3 With Hampshire losing their first class status following that season he continued to play minor matches for the county in 1886 4 Around the as he played first class cricket for Hampshire Willoughby founded the now defunct Botley F C 5 Soon after this he relocated to Malvern to take up the post of cricket coach at Malvern College where he helped to produce several first class cricketers 6 There he initially began playing minor matches for Worcestershire in 1890 4 before playing for Worcestershire in their maiden season of minor counties cricket his sole minor counties appearance came against Hertfordshire in the 1895 Minor Counties Championship 7 He later stood as an umpire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1904 and 1905 8 before standing in 21 first class matches in 1906 9 Willoughby returned to Hampshire in his latter years where he was resident at Eastleigh 5 He died there in April 1952 eleven days short of his 90th birthday References edit First Class Matches played by Frederick Willoughby CricketArchive Retrieved 11 September 2023 First Class Bowling For Each Team by Frederick Willoughby CricketArchive Retrieved 11 September 2023 First Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Willoughby CricketArchive Retrieved 11 September 2023 a b Teams Frederick Willoughby played for CricketArchive Retrieved 11 September 2023 a b Botley Football Club Nearly Fifty Years Ago Hampshire Advertiser Southampton 1 September 1934 p 15 Retrieved 11 September 2023 via British Newspaper Archive Notes by observer Worcestershire Chronicle Worcester 5 July 1902 p 4 Retrieved 11 September 2023 via British Newspaper Archive Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Frederick Willoughby CricketArchive Retrieved 11 September 2023 Frederick Willoughby as Umpire in Minor Counties Championship Matches CricketArchive Retrieved 11 September 2023 Frederick Willoughby as Umpire in First Class Matches CricketArchive Retrieved 11 September 2023 External links editFrederick Willoughby at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frederick Willoughby amp oldid 1175187559, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
