Frederick Barkham (26 October 1905 — 8 December 1992) was an

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first-class

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er and cricket coach. Barkham was born at

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in October 1905. He was a professional cricketer who initially played his

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in England for

and South Kirkby Colliery. He proceeded to play club cricket in Scotland for Stirling County in the first half of the 1930s, before leaving the club in 1935 to take up a coaching and groundsman position at

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. He played club cricket for Clackmannanshire in the final years of the In 1938, he was put forward by Clackmannanshire to trial for the

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, but was unsuccessful. By 1947, he had moved onto to play for St Boswells in

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. After showing good form for St Boswells, he was selected to play for Scotland in two

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, against

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on Scotland's 1948 tour of England, and against

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on their 1949 tour of England. He was unable to repeat his club form in these matches, scoring just 7 runs. He later coached Gala in 1955. In addition to playing at first-class level, Barkham also stood as an

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in June 1963, when Scotland played the touring

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. Barkham died at Melrose in December 1992.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barkham, Frederick 1905 births 1992 deaths Cricketers from Scarborough, North Yorkshire English cricketers English cricket coaches Groundskeepers Scotland cricketers English cricket umpires