Frederick Albert Gross (17 September 1902 — 11 March 1975) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Frederick Albert Gross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 September 1902 South Stoneham, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 March 1975 (aged 72) Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924–1929 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross was born in September 1902 at South Stoneham, Hampshire. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton.[1] Gross made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Sussex at Portsmouth in the 1924 County Championship. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1929, making 34 appearances.[2] In his 34 matches for Hampshire, he took 50 wickets with his leg break googly bowling, at an average of 37.00;[3] he took one five wicket haul, with figures of 5 for 53 against Yorkshire in 1927.[4] As a lower order batsman, he scored 202 runs with a highest score of 32 not out.[5] He later moved to Birmingham, where he took up employment with Mitchells & Butlers.[1] He played club cricket for the company cricket team, and in the 1934 County Championship he made a single appearance for Warwickshire against Yorkshire at Edgbaston;[2] notably, Gross took the wicket of Len Hutton in his first County Championship innings.[6] He died at Birmingham in March 1975.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "A-Z (G6)". www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Gross". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Frederick Gross". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Yorkshire v Hampshire, County Championship 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Gross". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Player profile: Frederick Gross". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ The Cricketer, June 1975