Frederic Willett

Frederic Stovin Dealtry Willett (10 November 1853 – 23 April 1884) was an English first-class cricketer.

Frederic Willett
Personal information
Full name
Frederic Stovin Dealtry Willett
Born10 November 1853
Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Died23 April 1884(1884-04-23) (aged 30)
Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm roundarm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1882Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 9
Batting average 4.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 9
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 August 2021

The son of the physician Edmund Sparshall Willett, he was born at Marylebone in November 1853. He was educated at Rugby School,[1] before going up to Caius College, Cambridge.[2] Willett later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1882.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 4 runs in the MCC first innings by Robert Ramsay, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 5 runs by C. Aubrey Smith.[4] Willett died at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight in April 1884, aged 30.[5]

References

  1. Mitchell, A. T. (1902). Rugby School Register 1842–1874. Vol. 2. A. J. Lawrence. p. 305.
  2. Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 6. Cambridge University Press. p. 481.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Frederic Willett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1882". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. Isle of Wight Board of Guardians. Hampshire Advertiser. 10 May 1884. pp. 4–5
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