Fred Huish

Fred Huish
Personal information
Full name
Frederick Henry Huish
Born(1869-11-15)15 November 1869
Clapham, Surrey
Died16 March 1957(1957-03-16) (aged 87)
Northiam, Sussex
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
RelationsFrancis Huish (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1895–1914Kent
FC debut3 June 1895 Kent v Warwickshire
Last FC31 August 1914 Kent v Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 497
Runs scored 7,547
Batting average 12.85
100s/50s 0/12
Top score 93
Balls bowled 101
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 933/377
Source: CricInfo, 4 February 2010

Frederick Henry Huish (15 November 1869 – 16 March 1957) was an English professional cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper for Kent County Cricket Club in the period before the First World War. Huish played over 450 times for Kent and was part of the sides which won four County championship titles in the Golden Age of cricket leading up to the war. He holds the record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in first-class cricket who did not play a Test match.[1]

Huish became an influential figure and senior professional at Kent at a time when amateur cricketers were the only acceptable captains in English county cricket. He was described in his Wisden obituary as "one of the ablest and least demonstrative wicket-keepers of his generation".[2]

  1. ^ Walmsley, Keith (2003). Mosts Without in Test Cricket. Reading, England: Keith Walmsley Publishing Pty Ltd. p. 457. ISBN 0947540067..
  2. ^ Fred Huish - Obituary, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1958. Retrieved 2016-04-10.