Frederick Sewell

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Frederick Sewell

| country = England

| fullname = Frederick Alexander Seymour Sewell

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|10|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|6|5|1881|10|6|df=yes}}

| death_place = Parkstone, Dorset, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm slow

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Bedfordshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|1921–1922}}

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Dorset

| year2 = 1902–1913

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| club3 = Cambridge University

| year3 = 1901–1902

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 69

| bat avg1 = 11.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 19*

| deliveries1 = 372

| wickets1 = 6

| bowl avg1 = 35.50

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/71

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 21 November

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20667.html Cricinfo

}}

Frederick Alexander Seymour Sewell (6 October 1881 – 5 June 1964) was an English cricketer. Sewell was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. He was born at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

While studying at St Catharine's College, Cambridge,{{acad|id=SWL899FA|name=Sewell, Frederick Alexander Seymour}} Sewell made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against AJ Webbe's XI in 1901. He made four further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Surrey in 1902.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32670/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Frederick Sewell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 November 2011}} In his five first-class appearances, he scored 69 runs at an average of 11.50, with a high score of 19 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32670/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Sewell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 November 2011}} With the ball, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 35.50, with best figures of 3/71.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32670/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Frederick Sewell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 November 2011}} He was however not awarded a Cambridge Blue.

In 1902, Sewell made his debut for Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played for Dorset from 1902 to 1913, making 63 Minor Counties Championship appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32670/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Frederick Sewell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 November 2011}} He later played for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1921 and 1922, making eight appearances.

He died at Parkstone, Dorset on 5 June 1964.