Frederico Perera

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Frederico Perera

| birth_date = c. 1836

| birth_place = Holborn, Middlesex, England

| death_date = 1909 (aged 72/73)

| death_place = England

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| family = Pedro Perera (brother)

| batting = Unknown

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| role = Wicket-keeper

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 54

| bat avg1 = 7.71

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 29

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 30 September

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19182.html Cricinfo

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Frederico Perera (sometimes erroneously written as Frederick Perera) (c. 1836 – 1909) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of the Spaniard Augurio Perera and his wife, Francisca, he was born at Holborn in about 1836. His father was a merchant who moved the family to Birmingham in the same year of his birth, where he took over a storehouse on Great Charles Street. In 1839, the family once more relocated, this time to Manchester.{{cite web|url=https://booksonspain.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/augurioperera/ |title=An Anglo-Spanish Victorian in the Midlands: Augurio Perera, co-founder of lawn tennis |publisher=Books on Spain |accessdate=2019-09-30}} Perera made his debut in first-class cricket for Manchester against Surrey at Eccles in 1857. The following season, he made three appearances in first-class cricket, appearing twice for the Gentlemen of the North against the Gentlemen of the South, and once for Manchester against Sussex.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37478/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Frederico Perera |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-30 |url-access=subscription}} He scored a total of 54 runs in his four first-class matches, at an average of 7.71 and a high score of 29.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37478/37478.html |title=Player profile: Frederico Perera |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-30 |url-access=subscription}} By profession, he too was a merchant. He died in 1909. His middle brother, Pedro, was also a first-class cricketer, while his eldest brother, Augurio, is credited as being the co-inventor of lawn tennis.