Frederick Gross

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Frederick Gross

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Frederick Albert Gross

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|9|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = South Stoneham, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|3|11|1902|9|17|df=yes}}

| death_place = Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Leg break googly

| role =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|1924–1929}}

| club2 = Warwickshire

| year2 = 1934

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 35

| runs1 = 202

| bat avg1 = 7.21

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 32*

| deliveries1 = 3,251

| wickets1 = 51

| bowl avg1 = 37.76

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 5/53

| catches/stumpings1 = 18/–

| date = 23 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13479.html Cricinfo

}}

Frederick Albert Gross (17 September 1902 — 11 March 1975) was an English first-class cricketer.

Gross was born in September 1902 at South Stoneham, Hampshire. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton.{{cite web|url=https://hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/a-z-g6/|title=A-Z (G6)|website=www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com|accessdate=24 June 2023}} Gross made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Sussex at Portsmouth in the 1924 County Championship. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1929, making 34 appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6629/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Frederick Gross|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 June 2023|url-access=subscription}} In his 34 matches for Hampshire, he took 50 wickets with his leg break googly bowling, at an average of 37.00;{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6629/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Frederick Gross|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 June 2023|url-access=subscription}} he took one five wicket haul, with figures of 5 for 53 against Yorkshire in 1927.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12262.html|title=Yorkshire v Hampshire, County Championship 1927|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 June 2023|url-access=subscription}} As a lower order batsman, he scored 202 runs with a highest score of 32 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6629/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Gross|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 June 2023|url-access=subscription}} He later moved to Birmingham, where he took up employment with Mitchells & Butlers. He played club cricket for the company cricket team, and in the 1934 County Championship he made a single appearance for Warwickshire against Yorkshire at Edgbaston; notably, Gross took the wicket of Len Hutton in his first County Championship innings.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/frederick-gross-13479|title=Player profile: Frederick Gross|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 June 2023}} He died at Birmingham in March 1975.The Cricketer, June 1975