Frederick Taaffe

{{Short description|Australian cricketer (1899–1964)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{use Australian English|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Frederick Taaffe | image = Frederick Taaffe card c1920.jpg | country = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1899|1|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Deolali, India | death_date = {{death date and age|1964|4|2|1899|1|7|df=yes}} | death_place = Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia | batting = | bowling = | role =

| club1 = Western Australia | year1 = 1922–1937 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = | year2 = | clubnumber2 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 18 | runs1 = 719 | bat avg1 = 24.79 | 100s/50s1 = 0/5 | top score1 = 86 | deliveries1 = 376 | wickets1 = 7 | bowl avg1 = 53.71 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 5/89 | catches/stumpings1 = 5/0 | date = 17 July 2017 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8021.html ESPNcricinfo }} '''Frederick Taaffe''' (7 January 1899 – 2 April 1964) was an Australian cricketer. He played eighteen first-class matches for Western Australia between 1922 and 1937.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Frederick Taaffe Profile - Cricket Player Australia {{!}} Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/frederick-taaffe-8021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529190303/https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/frederick-taaffe-8021 |archive-date=2023-05-29 |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>

He scored 719 runs in 33 innings at an average of 24.8, with a highest score of 86*. His seven first-class wickets also included a five-wicket haul, but came at an expensive average of 53.71 apiece.<ref name=":0" />

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Taaffe, Frederick}} Category:1899 births Category:1964 deaths Category:Australian cricketers Category:Western Australia cricketers Category:Cricketers from Maharashtra Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen