Portrait of Sir Frederick as a young man
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Full name | Frederick Hutchison Hervey-Bathurst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England |
6 June 1807||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 October 1881 Clarendon Park, Wiltshire, England |
(aged 74)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm roundarm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Sir Frederick Thomas Arthur Hervey-Bathurst (Son), Lionel Hervey-Bathurst (Son), Hervey Tudway (Great-grandson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1842–1861 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1832–1855 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 May 2010
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Sir Frederick Thomas Arthur Hervey-Bathurst, born Frederick Hutchison Hervey (6 June 1807 – 29 October 1881) was a famous English cricketer. Hervey-Bathurst was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-RM roundarm fast.
Hervey-Bathurst made his first-class debut in 1831 for the Bs against an early England side.
He made his debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club against the Cambridge Town Club. Hervey-Bathurst would represent the MCC in 28 first-class matches up until 1855. In his 28 matches for the club, he scored 306 runs at a batting average of 7.46 and with a high score of 34. With the ball he took 63 wickets at a bowling average of 12.00, with best figures of in an innings of 6/?.
In 1842, he made his debut for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club. Hervey-Bathurst represented Hampshire in 12 first-class matches between 1842 and 1861. In his 12 matches, he scored 203 runs at an average of 9.22 and a high score of 46. With the ball he took 72 wickets at an average of 14.23, with a best return of 7 wickets in an innings, although his exact best figures are unknown.
Hervey-Bathurst was one of three local gentlemen, Thomas Chamberlayne and Sir John Barker-Mill, who financed the development of the Antelope Ground and installed the former Hampshire and Surrey cricketer Daniel Day in the Antelope Hotel.
As well as representing the above major sides, he also represented the Gentlemen in 20 Gentlemen v Players fixtures, where he took 73 wickets at an average of 11.25, with best figures of 7/?. He also represented the Gentlemen of England in 12 first-class matches, where he took 88 wickets at an average of 19.40, with a best return of 6 wickets in an innings. Hervey-Bathurst also represented A to K, England, the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club, the Gentlemen of the South, the South of England and the West of England.