Frederick Barkham

Frederick Barkham
Personal information
Full name
Frederick Barkham
Born26 October 1905
Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Died24 January 1992(1992-01-24) (aged 86)
Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1948–1949Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 7
Batting average 2.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 3*
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 November 2022

Frederick Barkham (26 October 1905 — 8 December 1992) was an English first-class cricketer and cricket coach.

Barkham was born at Scarborough in October 1905. He was a professional cricketer who initially played his club cricket in England for Scarborough and South Kirkby Colliery.[1] He proceeded to play club cricket in Scotland for Stirling County in the first half of the 1930s, before leaving the club in 1935 to take up a coaching and groundsman position at Dollar Academy in Clackmannanshire.[2] He played club cricket for Clackmannanshire in the final years of the [3] In 1938, he was put forward by Clackmannanshire to trial for the Scottish cricket team, but was unsuccessful.[4] By 1947, he had moved onto to play for St Boswells in Roxburghshire.[5] After showing good form for St Boswells,[6] he was selected to play for Scotland in two first-class matches, against Warwickshire at Edgbaston on Scotland's 1948 tour of England, and against Yorkshire at Hull on their 1949 tour of England.[7] He was unable to repeat his club form in these matches, scoring just 7 runs.[8] He later coached Gala in 1955.[9] In addition to playing at first-class level, Barkham also stood as an umpire in June 1963, when Scotland played the touring Pakistan Eaglets.[10] Barkham died at Melrose in December 1992.

  1. ^ Sutcliffe to Open New Pavilion. Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 2 May 1929. p. 8
  2. ^ Stirling county to lose their professional. Dundee Evening Telegraph. 17 June 1935. p. 8
  3. ^ Fred Barkham, Dollar Academy coach, plays for Clackmannan at the North Inch. Dundee Evening Telegraph. 17 May 1938. p. 12
  4. ^ Scots cricket selectors for Dunfermline. Dundee Evening Telegraph. 6 June 1938. p. 8
  5. ^ The Chopping-Block County Hits Back. Sunday Post. 29 June 1947. p. 15
  6. ^ Five New Cricket Caps. The Scotsman. 21 June 1948. p. 2
  7. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Barkham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Barkham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  9. ^ Cricket. Berwickshire News and General Advertiser. 9 August 1955. p. 5
  10. ^ "Frederick Barkham as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2022.