# Fred Stedman

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**Fred Stedman** (4 March 1870 – 5 February 1918) was an English [cricketer](/source/Cricket). A [wicket-keeper](/source/Wicket-keeper) and tail-end batsman, his [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) career extended from 1899 to 1912.

He played for [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) from 1899 to 1908, and he was their first choice of keeper from 1900 to 1902. However [Herbert Strudwick](/source/Herbert_Strudwick) then usurped his regular position in the side, and he appeared infrequently thereafter. After the 1908 season he emigrated to Ireland, where he worked as a groundsman at the Woodbrook Cricket Club Ground in Bray. He played in four fixtures on the ground which are rated as first-class, one in 1909 and three in 1912. One of the 1912 games was for [Ireland](/source/Ireland_cricket_team) against the touring [South Africans](/source/South_Africa_cricket_team). He had also appeared in two games for [London County](/source/London_County_Cricket_Club), one in 1900 and one in 1903. He stood as [umpire](/source/Umpire_(cricket)) in a single first-class match, Surrey against the touring [Philadelphians](/source/Philadelphian_cricket_team) in 1908.

His best year was 1901, when he made 87 dismissals (71 catches, 16 stumpings), all for Surrey. This remained a Surrey record until 1962, when [Arnold Long](/source/Arnold_Long) managed 91.

He was run down and killed by a train from Bray near [Woodbrook station](/source/Woodbrook_railway_station) in Dublin. Stedman was crossing the railway line when he was struck.[1] Ironically, he was noted for protecting his chest with a copy of the [South Western Railway](/source/London_and_South_Western_Railway) timetable when keeping wicket.[2] According to [Herbert Strudwick](/source/Herbert_Strudwick), once when he got hurt, Stedman said : "I shall have to catch a later train tonight; that ball knocked off the 7:30".[3]

## References

1. ["Old Surrey Wicket-Keeper Killed"](http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19180206/033/0003). *Nottingham Evening Post*. 6 February 1918. Retrieved 19 March 2015. – via [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)

1. Lemmon, David, *The History of Surrey County Cricket Club*, Christopher Helm, 1989, ISBN 0-7470-2010-8, p114.

1. ["Strudwick's Good Stories"](http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/download/bl/0000290/19260618/222/0010). *The Evening News*. 18 June 1926. Retrieved 19 March 2015. – via [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)

## External links

- [*Wisden Cricketers' Almanack*, 1919 edition obituary](http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228163.html)

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