Frederick Wilding
{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Frederick Wilding
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KC|size=100%}}
| image = Frederick wilding.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1852|11|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Montgomery, Wales
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|7|5|1852|11|20|df=yes}}
| death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox
| role = All-rounder
| family = {{ubl|Anthony Wilding (son)|Cora Wilding (daughter)}}
| club1 = Canterbury
| year1 = {{nowrap|1881/82–1899/00}}
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 34
| runs1 = 1,078
| bat avg1 = 18.91
| 100s/50s1 = 2/2
| top score1 = 103
| deliveries1 = 3,488
| wickets1 = 103
| bowl avg1 = 12.79
| fivefor1 = 6
| tenfor1 = 1
| best bowling1 = 7/31
| catches/stumpings1 = 27/–
| date = 14 November
| year = 2008
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/23/23106/23106.htmlCricketArchive CricketArchive
}}
Frederick Wilding {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KC}} (20 November 1852 – 5 July 1945) played first-class cricket for Canterbury in the 1880s and 1890s. He also played tennis and was a noted athlete.
Early life
Wilding was born in Montgomery, Wales in 1852. His father, John Powell Wilding (1812–1872), was a surgeon. His mother was Harriet ({{nee|Farmer}}). He was educated at Hereford Cathedral School in Hereford and at Shrewsbury School in Shrewsbury, England. He gained admission as a solicitor in 1874.
Wilding was prominent as an athlete in the west of England. In June 1879, he married Julia Wilding (née Anthony), the daughter of a mayor of Hereford. In the same year, they emigrated from Herefordshire to New Zealand.
Life in New Zealand
Wilding became a well-to-do lawyer in Christchurch, New Zealand, and was appointed a King's Counsel in 1913.{{DNZB|Hall|Fiona|2w19|Wilding, Frederick|27 August 2013}} Their house, "Fownhope" in St Martins, Christchurch, had two tennis courts, an asphalt winter court and a summer grass court. He founded Wilding Park, which is today the largest tennis centre in Canterbury. He won the New Zealand Championships doubles title five times between 1887 and 1894 with his partner Richard Harman.{{cite web | url = https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/tennis-lawn/page-4| title = New Zealand Championships | publisher = An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand | accessdate =25 April 2019}}
Their son Tony Wilding, was a world champion tennis player, and played cricket for Canterbury, but was killed in action during the First World War. Their daughter Cora Wilding was an artist and outdoor enthusiast, and founded the Youth Hostel Association of New Zealand in 1932.
He died, aged 92, in Christchurch on 5 July 1945,{{Cricinfo|id=38844 |name=Frederick Wilding|accessdate=16 April 2016}} and was buried at Bromley Cemetery.{{cite web |url=http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=111909 |title=Cemeteries database |date= |website= |publisher=Christchurch City Council |accessdate=16 April 2016}}{{cite web|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19450706.2.29?end_date=31-07-1945&items_per_page=10&query=Wilding&snippet=true&start_date=05-07-1945 |title= Frederick Wilding (obituary) |publisher= Papers Past |date= 1945}}{{cite web|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19450709.2.67?end_date=31-07-1945&items_per_page=10&query=Wilding&snippet=true&start_date=05-07-1945 |title= Frederick Wilding (funeral) |publisher= Papers Past |date= 1945}}{{cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19450710.2.67?end_date=31-07-1945&items_per_page=10&query=Wilding&snippet=true&start_date=05-07-1945 |title= Frederick Wilding (tributes) |publisher= Papers Past |date= 1945}}{{cite web|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19450706.2.2.2?end_date=31-07-1945&items_per_page=10&page=3&query=Wilding&snippet=true&start_date=05-07-1945 |title= Frederick Wilding (death notice) |publisher= Papers Past |date= 1945}}
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