Frederick Asquith

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Frederick Thomas Asquith played one game of first class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1903, making his debut at the age of 33 against Gloucestershire at Bramhall Lane, Sheffield. A specialist wicketkeeper, he took two catches in the match but in his only innings failed to score, being bowled for a duck by the great Gilbert Jessop after coming in at number six in the order. Although Yorkshire scored only 284 in their first innings they won by an innings and 183 runs, with Wilfred Rhodes and George Hirst bowling out the hapless visitors for 65 and 36. Asquith has his revenge on Gloucestershire's captain, catching Jessop off Rhodes for 5 in Gloucestershire's first innings, while catching F.E. Thomas off the bowling of Rhodes in the second dig for a duck.

He had played at least 3 matches for Yorkshire's second XI, one in 1899 against Durham in which he scored 30 in the first innings and 2 in 1900 against Lancashire Seconds and Norfolk.

He was born on the 5 February 1870 in Kirkstall, Leeds and died at the age of 45 in Hull on the 11 January 1916.