Frederick Kitchener

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Frederick Kitchener

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Frederick George Kitchener

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|7|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hartley Row, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|5|25|1871|7|5|df=yes}}

| death_place = East Boldon, County Durham, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|1896–1903}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 13

| runs1 = 80

| bat avg1 = 5.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 16

| deliveries1 = 1,440

| wickets1 = 28

| bowl avg1 = 22.50

| fivefor1 = 2

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 6/59

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–

| date = 22 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15902.html Cricinfo

}}

Frederick George Kitchener (5 July 1871 — 25 May 1948) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of G. F. Kitchener, he was born in July 1871 at Hartley Row, Hampshire.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000749/19341221/110/0005|title=Wedding|work=Bedfordshire Times and Independent|location=Bedford|page=5|date=21 December 1934|access-date=11 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Kitchener had cricket trials with Hampshire in 1896,{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000627/18960530/059/0003|title=Our new fast bowler|work=Daily Echo|location=Southampton|page=3|date=30 May 1896|access-date=11 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} with him making his debut in first-class cricket in that same season against Sussex at Southampton in the County Championship. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire intermittently until 1903, making thirteen appearances, the majority (10) of which came in 1896 and 1897.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6705/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Frederick Kitchener|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} Playing as a bowler in the Hampshire side, he took 28 wickets at an average of 22.50;{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6705/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Frederick Kitchener|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} he took two five wicket hauls, with best figures of 6 for 59 against Derbyshire in 1896.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6705/f_Bowling_by_Opponent.html|title=First-Class Bowling Against Each Opponent Frederick Kitchener|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 January 2024|url-access=subscription}}

As a professional cricketer, Kitchener also played club cricket in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition for Sefton from 1902 to 1906,{{cite web|url=https://hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com/2018/03/05/a-z-k2/|title=A–Z (K2)|website=www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com|accessdate=12 January 2024}} before playing in Scotland for Grange Cricket Club in 1908 and 1909.{{cite web|url=https://grangecricket.org/the-pavilion/statistics/grange-club-professionals-2/|title=Grange Club professionals|website=www.grangecricket.org|accessdate=12 January 2024}} He later moved to East Boldon in County Durham, where he played for Boldon Cricket Club.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000640/19480527/080/0008|title=In to bat|work=Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette|page=8|date=27 May 1948|access-date=11 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Kitchener died there in May 1948, aged 76.