William Frith

English cricketer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish cricketer
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasAthlete Cricketer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth8 July 1871, Wandsworth, United Kingdom
Death6 October 1956West Wittering, United Kingdom (aged 85 years)
Star signCancer
Sports Teams
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club
The details

Biography

William Frederick Lowndes Frith MBE (8 July 1871 – 6 October 1956) was an English cricketer. Frith's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born at Wandsworth, London. He changed his name to William Frederick Lowndes Frith-Lowndes (to "use the surname of Lowndes in addition to and after that of Frith") in July 1906.

Frith made his first-class debut for London County against Cambridge University in 1901. He played a further first-class match for the London County in 1902 against Leicestershire. He scored 4 runs and took a single wicket for the cost of 23 runs. His debut for Buckinghamshire came in the 1908 Minor Counties Championship against the Surrey Second XI. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1908 to 1913, which included 30 Minor Counties Championship matches.

He was appointed MBE in the post-war civilian honours in 1920, as "National Service Representative, Chesham". He died at West Wittering, Sussex, on 6 October 1956. He was survived by his son Geoffrey Lowndes, who played first-class cricket for Oxford University, Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club.

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