Michael Frederick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Jamaican cricketer
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Place of Birth: Saint Peter, Barbados
About Michael Frederick
- Michael Campbell Frederick (6 May 1927 – 18 June 2014) was a Barbadian cricketer who played one Test for the West Indies in 1954 and first-class cricket for Barbados in 1944-45, Derbyshire in 1949 and Jamaica in 1953-54. Frederick was born at Mile and a Quarter, St Peter, Barbados.
- He was educated at The Lodge School, well known as the cradle of cricket in Barbados, where he benefited from the coaching of Leslie Arthur "Bessie" Walcott.
- He played as a 17-year-old for Barbados in 1944-45, playing one first-class match against British Guiana. He went to England in time for the 1946 season and played an assortment of friendly matches for Derbyshire.
- He played for the Swarkestone Cricket Club, and from 1948 to 1950 he played for Derbyshire's second team, alongside fellow Barbadian Laurie Johnson.
- Johnson played fairly regularly in the first team in the 1949 season, but Frederick played only two first-class games, in one of which he was top scorer with 84. Frederick next appeared in first-class cricket in the West Indies in 1953-54, playing in two matches for Jamaica against the MCC tourists.
- He scored a 50 in each match, and was drafted as an opening batsman for the First Test against England in 1954 at Sabina Park, Kingston.
- He scored 30 in the second innings after a duck in the first innings, and West Indies won the match by 140 runs.
- Frederick was dropped for the Second Test, and did not play first-class cricket again. He died after a fall.
- He was survived by his wife Eva and their children Andrew, Charles and Catherine.
- His cousin Robin Bynoe also played for the West Indies.
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