Frederick Whymper (cricketer)

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Frederick Whymper
Personal information
Full name
Frederick Hayes Whymper
Born14 October 1827
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died24 February 1893(1893-02-24) (aged 65)
Chelsea, London, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1849–1852Cambridge University
1851Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 60
Batting average 7.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 18*
Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 July 2022

Frederick Hayes Whymper (14 October 1827 – 24 February 1893) was an English civil servant and a cricketer who played in eight first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University and other amateur sides between 1849 and 1852.[1][2] He was born at Westminster and died at Chelsea, both in London.

Whymper was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He played cricket as a middle- or lower-order batsman at Eton and appeared twice in the annual Eton v Harrow cricket match.[1] At Cambridge, he played several times for the university side in 1849 without ever making much impact, sometimes batting as low as No 11; despite an unimpressive record, he was picked for the 1849 University Match against Oxford University, when he made 7 and 5 in his two innings.[4] After 1849, he played only single first-class matches in each of the next three seasons.[1] While at Cambridge, Whymper was also reported to have been involved in the formulation of the Cambridge rules of 1848 for football.

Whymper graduated from Cambridge University in 1851 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, being placed third in the Classics Tripos list for his year; earlier, he had been awarded the Craven Scholarship.[3] He was admitted as a lawyer at Lincoln's Inn in 1851, but then pursued a career as a factory inspector, responsible for the enforcement of workplace safety and employment law under the various Factories Acts.[3] He was Superintending Inspector first at Bristol, covering the south-west of England, and then for Ireland, before succeeding as the Chief Inspector of Factories in 1891.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Frederick Whymper". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Frederick Whymper". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Frederick Whymper". p. 456. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Scorecard: Oxford University v Cambridge University". www.cricketarchive.com. 21 June 1849. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  5. ^ "The New Chief Inspector of Factories". The Times. No. 33430. London. 15 September 1891. p. 7.

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