Frederick Gamble (cricketer)

{{Short description|English cricketer (1905–1965)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Frederick Gamble

| image =

| country = England

| international =

| fullname = Frederick Charles Gamble

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|5|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Charing Cross, London, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|5|15|1905|5|29|df=y}}

| death_place = Lambeth, London, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Devon

| year1 = 1939

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Surrey

| year2 = 1933–1935

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 19

| runs1 = 132

| bat avg1 = 8.80

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 29

| deliveries1 = 3,043

| wickets1 = 40

| bowl avg1 = 38.87

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 4/82

| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–

| date = 21 March

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13549.html Cricinfo

}}

Frederick Charles Gamble (29 May 1905 – 15 May 1965) was an English footballer and cricketer. Gamble was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Charing Cross, London.

Gamble originally played Minor Counties Championship cricket for the Leicestershire Second XI.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29578/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Frederick Gamble|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 March 2011}} He later made his first-class debut for Surrey in the 1933 County Championship against Oxford University at The Oval. Gamble played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1933 to 1935, making 19 first-class appearances, the last of which came against Oxford University.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29578/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Frederick Gamble|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 March 2011}} A bowler, he took 40 first-class wickets at a bowling average of 38.87, with best figures of 4/82.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29578/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Frederick Gamble|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 March 2011}} After being an infrequent member of the Surrey team, Gamble was relegated to the Second XI, who he played for until 1937. He later played for Devon in the 1939 Minor Counties Championship.

Prior to playing for Surrey, he had played football for Southall, Brentford, West Ham, Aldershot and Reading.{{Cite news |title=On this day in history: 29 May |work=Brentford FC |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2020/may/on-this-day-in-history-29-may/ |access-date=7 January 2021}}

He died in Lambeth, London on 15 May 1965.