Personal information | ||||
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Full name | Frederick Fales Richardson | |||
Born | 2 August 1918 Brookland, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
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Died | 9 July 1983 Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
(aged 64)|||
Batting style | Left-hand bat | |||
Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
Role | All-rounder | |||
Domestic team information | ||||
Years | Team | |||
1943–48 | Madras | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | First-class | |||
Matches | 11 | |||
Runs scored | 362 | |||
Batting average | 21.29 | |||
100s/50s | -/2 | |||
Top score | 64 | |||
Balls bowled | 654 | |||
Wickets | 6 | |||
Bowling average | 42.83 | |||
5 wickets in innings | 0 | |||
10 wickets in match | 0 | |||
Best bowling | 2/46 | |||
Catches/stumpings | ||||
Source: Cricinfo, |
Frederick Fales Richardson (2 August 1918 – 9 July 1983) was an American cricketer who played 11 first-class matches for the Madras provincial cricket team.
Frederick Richardson was born in Brookland, Pennsylvania on 2 August 1918. At the age of two, Richardson migrated with his parents to England where he did his schooling at Westminster School and graduated from Princeton University. Frederick Richardson moved to Calcutta, India in 1941 and worked for Stanvac (Standard Vacuum). In 1944, Richardson migrated to Madras and then to Bombay, where he died in 1983.
Frederick Richardson learned cricket during his school days in England. He played for the Madras cricket team under the captaincy of C. P. Johnstone from 1944 to 1948. He also played football during his three-year stay in Calcutta.