Fairfax Frederik Fenwick (8 September 1852 – 31 August 1920) was a

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cricketer who captained

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in his only first-class match, during the 1875–76 season. He was born in Denmark, played his cricket in New Zealand, and died in England. Fenwick was born in Elsinore, Denmark, in 1852 and educated at

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and

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, both in New Zealand.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 49. Cardiff:

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. Fairfax Fenwick
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2015. His sole match for Otago came against

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in January 1876, at a time when interprovincial matches were relatively rare (the

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not yet having been established). Replacing William Downes as captain from Otago's previous match (played almost a year beforehand), Fenwick came in sixth in the first innings, and was dismissed for a

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, one of New Zealand's leading

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at the time. He demoted himself to ninth in the order for the team's second innings, but was again dismissed cheaply (by George Lee), scoring only one run as Otago lost the match by 145 runs. Fenwick's younger brother, Herbert Shakespeare Fenwick, was also born in Denmark, and played first-class cricket for

. Before settling the family in

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, their father, Charles Fenwick, was the consul of the

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in Denmark. Fairfax Fenwick had been named for his uncle, who held pastoral leases in

and, earlier, in the

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. The Fenwicks, originally from

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, had been in Scandinavia since the early 18th century, and Charles Fenwick had Danish and German ancestry through his mother."Charles Lewis Clayton Fenwick"
– Eschrict. Retrieved 24 February 2015. Fairfax Fenwick worked as a bank manager. He died at

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in England in 1920, aged 67.

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