Frederick Byerley
Personal information
Full name
Frederick William Alfred Byerley
Born(1910-07-09)9 July 1910
Wellington, New Zealand
Died19 August 1994(1994-08-19) (aged 84)
Auckland, New Zealand
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 June 2016

Frederick Byerley (9 July 1910 – 19 August 1994) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Auckland in 1931/32.[1]

Byerley's only first-class match was against the touring South Africans in February 1932. In Auckland's first innings he went to the wicket with the score at 123 for 6 and hit 77 at a run a minute.[2][3]

Byerley served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Europe in World War II. He was captured by the Germans and held at Stalag VIII-B prisoner of war camp.[4] After the war ended in Europe he was a member of the New Zealand Services cricket team that played in England in 1945.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Frederick Byerley". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Quick, Cold, A Little One-Sided". NZ Cricket Museum. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Auckland v South Africans". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Frederick William Alfred Byerley". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Fred Byerley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.