# Frederick Bird

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For the politician in Manitoba, Canada, see [Frederick Bird (politician)](/source/Frederick_Bird_(politician)). For the American clergyman, see [Frederic Mayer Bird](/source/Frederic_Mayer_Bird).

[Rev.](/source/The_Reverend) **Frederick Nash Bird** (13 December 1875 – 3 March 1965) was an English [cricketer](/source/Cricket). Bird was a right-handed [batsman](/source/Batsman_(cricket)) who bowled right-arm [medium pace](/source/Seam_bowling). He was born in [Framlingham](/source/Framlingham), Suffolk.

Bird first played [county cricket](/source/County_cricket) for [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club), making his debut for the county in the 1896 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) against [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire_County_Cricket_Club). He continued to play [Minor counties](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) cricket for Buckinghamshire until 1907, in which time he made 46 appearances for the county.[1] It was in 1899 that he made his [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) debut for [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [County Championship](/source/County_Championship). He played first-class cricket for Warwickshire on six occasions, five in 1900 and once in 1901.[2] His time playing Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire ended in 1907, with Bird joining [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club) the [following season](/source/1908_English_cricket_season) and making his debut for them against [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) at [The Oval](/source/The_Oval). He played nine further first-class matches for Northamptonshire, spread over the 1908 and 1909 seasons.[2] He had marginally more success with Northamptonshire, scoring 263 runs at a [batting average](/source/Batting_average_(cricket)) of 17.53, with a single [half century](/source/Half_century) which was the only one in his first-class career.[3] This only half century came against [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club).[4]

Bird later joined his home county of [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk_County_Cricket_Club), who he represented in the Minor Counties Championship from 1910 to 1914.[1] Following the war he played for [Devon](/source/Devon_County_Cricket_Club) in the same competition from 1920 to 1925.[1] Outside of cricket he was a [Reverend](/source/The_Reverend).[5] He later died in [Chichester](/source/Chichester), Sussex on 3 March 1965.

## References

1. ["Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Frederick Bird"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27904/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

1. ["First-Class Matches played by Frederick Bird"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27904/First-Class_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

1. ["First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Bird"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27904/f_Batting_by_Team.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

1. ["Leicestershire v Northamptonshire, 1908 County Championship"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7682.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

1. ["Wisden – Obituaries in 1965"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/234625.html). ESPNcricinfo. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

## External links

- [Frederick Bird](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9759.html) at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
- [Frederick Bird](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27904/27904.html) at CricketArchive

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