Frederick George Kenneth Day (25 June 1919 in
Yatton
Yatton is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located south-west of Bristol. Its population in 2011 was 7,552. The parish includes Clav ...
,
Somerset – 9 December 1991 in
Whitchurch, Bristol
Whitchurch is a village in north Somerset, England and an adjoining suburb of southern Bristol, bounded by Hartcliffe to the west and Hengrove, Bristol, Hengrove and Knowle, Bristol, Knowle to the north. The suburb was initially developed during ...
) played
first-class cricket for
Somerset in seven matches in 1950 and 1956.
An amateur right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper, Day played in a first-class early-season friendly match for Somerset against
Glamorgan
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in 1950, making 29 not out and 4 in the two innings, and making four stumpings. But with the reliable and normally fit
Harold Stephenson as the regular Somerset wicketkeeper, and the county not running, until 1956, a regular second eleven, Day went back into Bristol club cricket, where he was a wicketkeeper and opening batsman for Knowle Cricket Club.
It was in 1956 that Day reappeared in first-class cricket. Stephenson was injured early in the season and Day played in six consecutive matches across the month of May. His wicketkeeping, said ''
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', showed "much ability" and he also proved capable with the bat. In his first match, he made 43 of the last 58 runs in Somerset's only innings against
Leicestershire
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at
Taunton. And the following game, he made an unbeaten 56 out of 85 at
Old Trafford
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against a
Lancashire attack that included
Brian Statham,
Roy Tattersall
Roy Tattersall (17 August 1922 – 9 December 2011) was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire and played sixteen Tests for England as a specialist off spin bowler. He was born at Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire, England.
Tattersa ...
and
Malcolm Hilton
Malcolm Jameson Hilton (2 August 1928 – 8 July 1990) was an English left-arm spin bowler, who played for Lancashire and in four Test matches for England.
Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, stated, "he was the best slow left-arm bowler Lancashi ...
.
At the end of May, Stephenson returned to the Somerset side and Day did not play first-class cricket again. "In different circumstances," says one directory of Somerset cricketers, "he could well have established himself at county level. As a batsman he took few risks, scoring more than 30 centuries for Knowle CC as a reward for that diligence."
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1919 births
1991 deaths
English cricketers
Somerset cricketers
People from North Somerset (district)
Cricketers from Somerset