{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Frederick Byerley | image = | country = | fullname = Frederick William Alfred Byerley | birth_date = {{birth date|1910|7|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand | death_date = {{death date and age|1994|8|19|1910|7|9|df=yes}} | death_place = Auckland, New Zealand | nickname = | batting = | bowling = | role = | club1 = | year1 = | clubnumber1 = | club2 = | year2 = | clubnumber2 = | date = 4 June 2016 | source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36570.html ESPNcricinfo] }}

'''Frederick Byerley''' (9 July 1910 &ndash; 19 August 1994) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Auckland in 1931/32.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36570.html |title=Frederick Byerley |accessdate=4 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

Byerley's only first-class match was against the touring South Africans in February 1932. In Auckland's first innings he went to the wicket with the score at 123 for 6 and hit 77 at a run a minute.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quick, Cold, A Little One-Sided |url=http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/south-africa-1932/ |website=NZ Cricket Museum |accessdate=28 October 2019 |archive-date=14 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714145119/http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/south-africa-1932/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Auckland v South Africans |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1931-32/RSA_IN_NZ/RSA_AUCK_23-25FEB1932.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=28 October 2019}}</ref>

Byerley served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Europe in World War II. He was captured by the Germans and held at Stalag VIII-B prisoner of war camp.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederick William Alfred Byerley |url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/123120 |website=Auckland Museum |accessdate=28 October 2019}}</ref> After the war ended in Europe he was a member of the New Zealand Services cricket team that played in England in 1945.<ref>{{cite web |title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Fred Byerley |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21581/Miscellaneous_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=28 October 2019}}</ref>

==See also== * List of Auckland representative cricketers

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==External links== * {{ESPNcricinfo|id=36570}}

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