Fred Nicholas

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Fred Nicholas

| image =

| country =

| fullname = Frederick William Herbert Nicholas

| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|7|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kuala Lumpur, Selangor

| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|10|20|1893|7|25|df=y}}

| death_place = Kensington, London, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicketkeeper-batsman

| club1 = Essex

| year1 = {{nowrap|1912–1929}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 76

| runs1 = 2634

| bat avg1 = 22.51

| 100s/50s1 = 1/20

| top score1 = 140

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 51/16

| date = 9 August 2017

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7078/7078.html CricketArchive

}}

Frederick William Herbert Nicholas (25 July 1893 – 20 October 1962) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Essex County Cricket Club in a first-class career that spanned from 1912 to 1929.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25264 |title=Fred Nicholas |work=Olympedia |access-date=16 August 2021}} He toured South Africa with S. B. Joel's team in 1924–25.

Nicholas also played association football as a forward for Great Britain at the 1920 Olympics{{cite web|title=Frederick Nicholas|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/frederick-nicholas-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040105/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/frederick-nicholas-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=9 August 2017}} and for the Corinthian club, for whom he scored 28 goals in 54 appearances.{{cite book |first=Rob |last=Cavallini |title=Play Up Corinth: A History of the Corinthian Football Club |year=2007 |publisher=Stadia |location=Stroud |isbn=978-0-7524-4479-6|page=277}}

The cricketer and broadcaster Mark Nicholas is his grandson.{{cite web|title=Fred Nicholas |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18016.html |website=Cricinfo|accessdate=9 August 2017}}