Fred Berry (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Fred Berry

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| fullname = Fred Berry

| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|2|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kirkheaton, Yorkshire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|1|2|1910|2|13|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bracknell, Berkshire

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

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| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1934-1939

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| columns = 1

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 47

| runs1 = 1,053

| bat avg1 = 19.14

| 100s/50s1 = 1/4

| top score1 = 104*

| deliveries1 = 5,283

| wickets1 = 83

| bowl avg1 = 28.62

| fivefor1 = 2

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 6/81

| catches/stumpings1 = 29/0

| date = 12 March 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9718.html Cricinfo

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Fred Berry (13 February 1910 – 2 January 1989) was an English cricketer. He played 47 first-class matches for Surrey between 1934 and 1939 as an enterprising lower-order batter and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9718.html |title=Fred Berry |access-date=12 March 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

Berry's obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack states that he "was perhaps not always given the chances he needed".{{Cite book|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/236396.html |title=Obituaries in 1989 |access-date=20 July 2023 |year=1990 |series=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack}} He was a heavy scorer and consistent wicket-taker for Surrey's second eleven in the Minor Counties Championship, but only in 1938, when he played 21 first-class matches, was he a regular in the first team.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27863/f_Batting_by_Season.html | title = First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Fred Berry |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | access-date = 20 July 2023}}