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Frederick Atkins

1864 – 1941

English cricketer

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Lived 1864 – 1941 (aged 76). Frederick Atkins was a British cricketer.

Frederick Mark Atkins (28 March 1864 – 13 January 1941) was an English cricketer. He played 25 first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1882 and 1897.

Atkins was born at Boxley near Maidstone in Kent, the son of Mark and Ann Atkins. Both his father and grandfather were Master Maltsters in the brewing industry, and Atkins followed them into the industry, eventually becoming a Master Maltster himself. He played club cricket for The Mote where he was a "prodigious" batsman, becoming the first Mote batsman to score more than 1,000 runs in a season and making a number of high scores, including scoring 364 runs against Shorncliffe Camp in 1887 and 238 against St Lawrence the same season. and played for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia during the American's tour of Britain in 1889. His final first-class match came in 1897, although he continued to play club cricket until 1909.

Atkins married Elizabeth Houghton and had five children, a son and four daughters. He died at Rochester, Kent in 1941 aged 76.

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Who was Frederick Atkins?

English cricketer (1864-1941)

When was Frederick Atkins born?

Frederick Atkins was born on 28 March 1864 in Boxley.

When did Frederick Atkins die?

Frederick Atkins died on 13 January 1941 in Rochester.

What was Frederick Atkins's occupation?

Frederick Atkins was a cricketer.

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Frederick Atkins was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Frederick Atkins

· Wikidata: Q28924281

· DBpedia: Frederick Atkins (cricketer)

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