Frederick Woodbridge (1797 in
Bloomsbury
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,
Middlesex
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– 1 October 1858 in
St Leonards-on-Sea
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,
Sussex
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) was an English amateur
cricket
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er who made 9 known appearances in
first-class cricket
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matches from 1815 until 1819. He was the younger brother of
Edward Woodbridge.
Career
He was mainly associated with
Surrey
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.
Arthur Haygarth
Arthur Haygarth (4 August 1825 – 1 May 1903) was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Sussex between 1844 and 1861, as well as num ...
, ''Scores & Biographies'', Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
In 1815, Woodbridge scored one of the earliest known
first-class centuries
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A centennial or ...
at the new
Lord's Cricket Ground
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in the
Middlesex
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v
Epsom
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match on 24 & 25 August when he and
Felix Ladbroke
Felix Calvert Ladbroke (1771 - 14 March 1840) was an English banker and amateur cricketer.
Biography
He was born in Idlicote, near Shipton-on-Stour, Warwickshire, the second son of Robert Ladbroke, banker and Member of Parliament for Warwick. Hi ...
made 107 and 116 respectively for Epsom.
CricketArchive – match scorecard
Retrieved on 18 October 2009.
References
External sources
1797 births
1858 deaths
English cricketers
English cricketers of 1787 to 1825
Surrey cricketers
People from Bloomsbury
Epsom cricketers
Old Etonians cricketers
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