About Frederick Powys
Lived 1808 – 1863 (aged 54). Frederick Powys was a British cricketer.
Frederick Henry Yelverton Powys (22 July 1808 – 14 January 1863) was an English cricketer who was associated with Cambridge University and made his debut in 1830.
Powys was a grandson of Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and after graduating became a Church of England priest, but he held no cure or benefice.
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Who was Frederick Powys?
English cricketer (1808-1863)
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Frederick Powys was born on 22 July 1808.
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Frederick Powys died on 14 January 1863.
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Frederick Powys was a cricketer.
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Frederick Powys was British.
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