Fred Rumsey

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = ENG
name = Fred Rumsey
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-handed batsman (RHB)
bowling style = Left arm fast-medium (LFM)
tests = 5
test runs = 30
test bat avg = 15.00
test 100s/50s = 0/0
test top score = 21*
test balls = 1,145
test wickets = 17
test bowl avg = 27.11
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 4-25
test catches/stumpings = 0/0
FCs = 180
FC runs = 1,015
FC bat avg = 8.45
FC 100s/50s = 0/0
FC top score = 45
FC balls = 28,878
FC wickets = 580
FC bowl avg = 20.29
FC 5s = 30
FC 10s = 5
FC best bowling = 8-26
FC catches/stumpings = 91/0
debut date = 23 July
debut year = 1964
last date = 27 July
last year = 1965
source = http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/19494.html

Frederick Edward Rumsey (born 4 December 1935 in Stepney, London) was an English cricketer who played five Test matches for England in the mid-1960s. He is also notable for having played almost exclusively in one-day cricket for the last five years of his career. Purely a bowler, his batting was very poor and he did not reach fifty once in more than 200 first-class innings.

Rumsey began his first-class career for Worcestershire against Cambridge University in 1960, his first wicket being that of future England captain Tony Lewis. He made a few more appearances over the next two years, but was largely confined to second-eleven cricket and for the 1963 season he moved to Somerset.

For six seasons Rumsey was a fixture in the Somerset side, taking a total of 547 first-class wickets at an average of 20.14, and in three seasons (1963, 1965 and 1966) reaching the 100-wicket mark. His best achievements came in 1965, when he took 8-26 against Hampshire in a low-scoring game in which only 283 runs were scored for the loss of 33 wickets. He took 119 first-class wickets that season at an average of only 16.18, taking five or more in an innings on seven occasions.

Whilst at Somerset, Rumsey had made his Test debut in 1964 against Australia at Manchester, his 2-99 from 35.5 overs fairly impressive in a match in which Australia piled up 656/8 declared thanks to 311 from Bob Simpson (indeed, both sides passed 600 in their first innings); he was, however, not retained for the fifth Test at the Oval. In 1965, Rumsey played in all three Tests against the New Zealanders, taking a career-best 4-25 in the second Test at Lord's and claiming nine at 25.44 in the series as a whole. He kept his place in the team for the first Test against South Africa in late July, but despite six wickets in the match this was to prove his last appearance for England.

In 1969, Rumsey moved counties again, this time to Derbyshire. He was to remain there until his retirement after the 1973 season, making just one first-class appearance in those five seasons (against his old county of Somerset at Bath in 1970) but making many appearances in the limited-overs game. In 1970 he achieved his best one-day figures of 4-8 against Worcestershire at Derby, and in all he took 100 List A wickets at 18.44 for Derbyshire.

Rumsey's final game was against Nottinghamshire in the John Player League on 9 September 1973. After retirement he became involved with the Lord's Taverners and appeared in charity matches and other events.

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* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/1/1233/1233.html Statistical summary] from CricketArchive