Fred Titmus

Fred Titmus
Fred Titmus in 1962
Personal information
Full name
Frederick John Titmus
Born(1932-11-24)24 November 1932
Somers Town, London, England
Died23 March 2011(2011-03-23) (aged 78)
England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
International information
National side
Test debut23 June 1955 v South Africa
Last Test30 January 1975 v Australia
ODI debut8 March 1975 v New Zealand
Last ODI9 March 1975 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 53 2 792 149
Runs scored 1,449 11 21,588 1,038
Batting average 22.29 11.00 23.11 13.48
100s/50s 0/10 0/0 6/105 0/0
Top score 84* 11 137* 41
Balls bowled 15,118 56 173,450 7,126
Wickets 153 3 2,830 159
Bowling average 32.22 17.66 22.37 25.66
5 wickets in innings 7 0 168 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 26 0
Best bowling 7/79 3/53 9/52 5/25
Catches/stumpings 35/– 1/– 472/– 34/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 August 2013

Frederick John Titmus MBE (24 November 1932 – 23 March 2011)[1] was an English cricketer, whose first-class career, mostly for Middlesex with a short stint for Surrey, spanned five decades.[2] He was the fourth man after W.G. Grace, Wilfred Rhodes and George Hirst to take 2,500 wickets and make 20,000 runs in first-class cricket.[3] Although he was best known for his off-spin (though at first he bowled medium pace as well), he was an accomplished lower-order batsman who deserved to be called an all-rounder, even opening the batting for England on six occasions. Outside cricket, Titmus was also a footballer; at one stage he was contracted to Watford as a professional, having earlier played for amateur club Leytonstone, and then for Chelsea as a junior.[2][4]

  1. ^ "Middlesex County Cricket Website – Fred Titmus (1932–2011)". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Retrieved 23 March 2011
  2. ^ a b Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 168–169. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
  3. ^ p184, Titmus
  4. ^ Cricketer of the Year 1963 – Fred Titmus, Wisden, Retrieved 25 April 2009