Frederick Midlane

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Frederick Midlane | image = | country = | fullname = Frederick Alexander Midlane | birth_date = {{birth date|1883|3|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand | death_date = {{death date and age|1976|10|18|1883|3|28|df=yes}} | death_place = Wigan, England | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Wellington | year1 = {{nowrap|1898/99–1914/15}} | club2 = Auckland | year2 = 1917/18–1918/19

| columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 30 | runs1 = 1,727 | bat avg1 = 35.24 | 100s/50s1 = 4/7 | top score1 = 222* | deliveries1 = 96 | wickets1 = 2 | bowl avg1 = 35.50 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/13 | catches/stumpings1 = 22/– | date = 26 November | year = 2016 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37920.html ESPNcricinfo }}

'''Frederick Midlane''' (28 March 1883 – 18 October 1976) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland and Wellington between 1898 and 1919.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37920.html |title=Frederick Midlane |accessdate=18 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In January 1915, opening the batting for Wellington against Otago, Midlane carried his bat to score 222 not out in a total of 498. At the time it was the highest score in New Zealand first-class cricket.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Cricket |journal=Star |date=9 January 1915 |page=4 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19150109.2.26.3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wellington v Otago 1914–15 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9469.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=26 November 2018}}</ref>

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