Frederick Jakeman
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Frederick Jakeman was a first class cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1946 and 1947 and for Northamptonshire CCC from 1949 to 1954. He also played first class cricket for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1952.
A left handed batsman, he played 134 games in all, scoring 5,952 runs at 32 with a best of 258* against Essex CCC. Another notable innings include an unbeaten 176 against Surrey CCC and 169 against Derbyshire CCC. He scored 11 centuries in all with 42 fifties. He took 42 catches but did not bowl in first class games.
He also appeared for an England XI in 1951, the Rest of England in 1952, for Yorkshire Second XI from 1946 to 1948, for a Scotland XI in 1945 and the Minor Counties in 1948. His son, Ronald Stuart Jakeman also played 3 games for Northants in 1962 and 1963. Born on January 10, 1920 in Holmfirth, Yorkshire, he died on May 17, 1986.
