Frederick Bates (cricketer)
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{distinguish|Frederick Bates (politician)}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Frederick Bates
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Frederick Stanley Bates
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|2|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lambourn, Berkshire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|8|13|1899|2|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = Hammersmith, London, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| family =
| club1 = Hampshire
| year1 = 1920
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 18
| bat avg1 = 6.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 9
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 4 January
| year = 2010
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11956.html Cricinfo
}}
Frederick Stanley Bates (25 February 1899 – 13 August 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and director of Odeon Cinemas from 1937 to 1950.
The son of H. D. Bates, he was born in February 1899 at Lambourn, Berkshire. He was educated at Marlborough College, where he played for the cricket eleven and the rugby fifteen.{{cite book |title=Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1933|date=1936|page=587|edition=8|publisher=Dean & Son|location=London|url=https://ukga.org/browse.php?action=ViewRec&DB=15&bookID=145&pagecount=622&submit=Next|language=en}} After completing his education at Marlborough, Bates served in the final year of the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Garrison Artillery in January 1918.{{London Gazette|issue=30475|date=11 January 1918|page=819|supp=y}} Following the war, he was promoted to lieutenant in July 1919.{{London Gazette|issue=31505|date=12 August 1919|page=10337|supp=y}} In the same year, Bates matriculated to Jesus College, Cambridge. In 1920, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire in the County Championship against Essex and Somerset, with both matches played at Bournemouth.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6474/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Frederick Bates|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} He scored 18 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 9.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6474/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Bates|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 April 2023|url-access=subscription}}
Bates was an associate of Odeon Cinemas founder Oscar Deutsch. He was director of the company from 1937 to 1950 and served as a joint-managing director alongside John Davis from 1942 to 1948.{{cite book |title=International Motion Picture Almanac|date=1951|page=13|publisher=Quigley Publications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sus-AQAAIAA|language=en}} Bates died at Hammersmith in August 1969.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228449.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1969|date=4 December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=14 April 2023}}
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External links
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Category:People educated at Marlborough College
Category:Royal Garrison Artillery officers
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge