Frederick Stewart Middleton (28 May 1883 – 21 July 1956) was an Australian
cricket
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er who moved to New Zealand during his playing career. He played
first-class cricket
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for
New South Wales
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Auckland
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and
Wellington
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between 1905 and 1922.
Middleton married Brenda Macalister, a grand-daughter of the 19th-century
Queensland Premier
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Arthur Macalister, in
Brisbane
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in September 1910. They lived in Sydney until about 1916, when they moved to
Auckland
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.
See also
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List of Auckland representative cricketers
This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, list A or Twenty20 cricket for Auckland cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons.
A
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List of New South Wales representative cricketers
This is a list of male cricketers who have played for New South Wales in first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket. It is complete to the end of the 2017–18 season. The list refers to the sides named as "New South Wales" and does not include pl ...
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1883 births
1956 deaths
Australian cricketers
Auckland cricketers
New South Wales cricketers
Wellington cricketers
Pre-1930 New Zealand representative cricketers
Australian emigrants to New Zealand
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