Frederick George Willoughby (25 April 1862 — 16 April 1952) was a Scottish-born English first-class cricketer.

Frederick Willoughby
Personal information
Full name
Frederick George Willoughby
Born(1862-04-25)25 April 1862
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Died14 April 1952(1952-04-14) (aged 89)
Eastleigh, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1885Hampshire
1895Worcestershire
Umpiring information
FC umpired21 (1906)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 60
Batting average 5.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 19
Balls bowled 1,334
Wickets 25
Bowling average 22.56
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 4/39
Catches/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

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  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Willoughby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Frederick Willoughby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  3. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Willoughby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Teams Frederick Willoughby played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Notes by observer". Worcestershire Chronicle. Worcester. 5 July 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 11 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Frederick Willoughby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Frederick Willoughby as Umpire in Minor Counties Championship Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Frederick Willoughby as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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