Frederick Jakeman (10 January 1920 – 17 May 1986) was an English

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er, who played for

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in 1946 and 1947, and for

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

from 1949 to 1954. He also played first-class cricket for the

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(MCC) in 1952. Born in Holmfirth,

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

, Jakeman was a left-handed batsman who played 134 games in all, scoring 5,952 runs at 32.00, with a best score of 258 not out against

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. Other notable innings include an unbeaten 176 against

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and 169 against

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. He scored eleven centuries in all with 42 fifties. He took 42 catches and took five wickets at an average of 32.40. 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,

Stuart Jakeman Ronald Stuart Jakeman (20 September 1943 – 24 December 2013) was an English cricketer active from 1959 to 1966 who played for Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 20 ...

, played three games for Northants in 1962 and 1963. Jakeman was a first-class

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from 1961 to 1972. A heavy scorer in League cricket, he had engagements with Lightcliffe C.C., Salts C.C. and David Tractors C.C. and, in 1949, he scored a century for Holmfirth C.C. before Easter, the first batsman to do so in senior League cricket. He died in May 1986 in

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, Yorkshire, at the age of 66.

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