Frederick Hassan (1859 – 15 April 1940) was an Egyptian-born English
cricket
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Kent County Cricket Club
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Dartford
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area of Kent and is known to have played for Dartford Albion Cricket Club in that year. He played as a bowler and produced some "impressive bowling performances" for the side.
In 1878 Hassan played for an
Erith
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side against the touring United South of England Eleven, taking two wickets. The following year he took five wickets for a Kent Colts side against
The Mote
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Lord's
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in mid-June.Frederick Hassan CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-10-24. He took one wicket in the match, but did not score a run in either Kent innings in a low scoring match that Kent lost.
Although he did not play any further first-class cricket, Hassan, by this time living in
East Ham
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, appeared in matches for South Essex in 1883 and for the Players of Essex in 1884. From 1886 he played regularly for Beckton Cricket Club, a team considered one of the strongest club sides in East London.
Hassan worked as an engineer and fitter and later as a sampler in the chemical industry. During the early years of the 20th century he ran a newsagents and tobacconists shop, first at North Woolwich before moving to
Stoke Newington
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. The shop operated under his name until at least 1938, although he is believed to have retired to live with his daughter in
Plumstead
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History
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before this date. He died at Tooting Bec hospital in 1940 of myocardial degeneration. He was aged 81.