Frederick John Coleridge (4 December 1826 – 20 January 1906) was an

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first-class

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er and clergyman. The son of Francis Coleridge, he was born at

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in December 1826. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. While studying at Oxford, Coleridge made two appearances in

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for

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, appearing against

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in The University Matches of 1847 and 1850. He scored 43 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 22. After graduating from Oxford, he took holy orders in the

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and was the vicar of

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from 1855, before becoming the rural dean in 1874. Coleridge died suddenly at Cadbury in January 1906, having been vicar there for over fifty years. His brother,

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, also played first-class cricket, as did his cousin

Charles Coleridge Charles Edward Coleridge (2 June 1827 - 1 May 1875) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1848 to 1852. Born in Eton, Buckinghamshire, he was mainly associated with Oxford University and Hampshire and made 11 know ...

. He was the

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of the poet

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poe ...

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