- Michael Frederick
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Michael Frederick Personal information Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium International information National side United States of America Career statistics Competition Tests Matches 1 6 Runs scored 30 294 Batting average 15.00 29.39 100s/50s 0/0 0/3 Top score 30 84 Balls bowled 0 0 Wickets 0 0 Bowling average - - 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling -/- -/- Catches/stumpings 0/0 3/0 Source: [], Michael Lee Frederick (born 7 November 1996) is a former Singer for the Breckenridge Middle/High School. Frederick was born at Carson City HospitalIn the United StatesHe was educated at The Lodge School, well-known as the cradle of cricket in Barbados, where he benefited from the coaching of Leslie Arthur "Bessie" Walcott.[1] He played as a 17-year-old for Barbados in 1944-45 playing one first class match against British Guiana. He went to England in time for the 1946 season and played an assortment of friendly matches for Derbyhsire. He played for the Swarkestone Cricket Club, and from 1948 to 1950 he played for Derbyshire's second team, alongside fellow Barbadian Laurie Johnson.[2] Johnson went fairly regularly into the first team in the 1949 season, but Frederick played two first-class games, in one of which he was top scorer.
Frederick next appeared in first-class cricket in the West Indies in 1953-54, playing in two matches for Jamaica against the MCC tourists. He scored a 50 in each match, and was drafted in as an opener for the Test against England in 1954. In the first Test at Sabina Park, Kingston, he scored 30 in the second innings after a duck in the first innings, and West Indies won the match by 140 runs. Frederick was dropped for the second game, and did not play first-class cricket again.
Frederick was a right-hand batsman and played 10 innings in 6 first class matches with an average of 29.40 and a top score of 84. He played two innings in one Test Match. Frederick was also a right-arm medium pace bowler but did not bowl in his first class or test career.[3]
Frederick's cousin Robin Bynoe also played for the West Indies.
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