Frederick Read (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Frederick Hurrell Read

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1855|12|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Thames Ditton, Surrey, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|5|4|1855|12|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Hounslow, Middlesex, England

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| batting = Unknown

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| role =

| family = Maurice Read (brother)
Heathfield Stephenson (uncle)

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1881

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 4

| bat avg1 = 4.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 4

| deliveries1 = –

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| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 24 June

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19615.html Cricinfo

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Frederick Hurrell Read (26 December 1855 – 4 May 1933) was an English cricketer. Read's batting style is unknown. He was born at Thames Ditton, Surrey.

Read made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Nottinghamshire in 1881 at The Oval.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32283/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Frederick Read|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 June 2012}} Surrey won the toss and elected to bat, making 293 all out, with Read being dismissed for 4 runs by William Attewell. Nottinghamshire responded in their first-innings by making 109 all out, with Surrey making them follow-on in their second-innings, with Nottinghamshire being dismissed in that innings for 162. Surrey won by an innings and 22 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2488.html|title=Surrey v Nottinghamshire, 1881|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 June 2012}} This was his only major appearance for Surrey.

He died at Hounslow, Middlesex, on 4 May 1933. His brother, Maurice, played Test cricket for England, with Read appearing alongside him against Nottinghamshire in 1881. His uncle Heathfield Stephenson, also played first-class cricket.