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Frederick Barkham (26 October 1905 — 8 December 1992) was an English first-class cricketer and cricket coach.

Barkham was born at Scarborough in October 1905. He was a professional cricketer who initially played his club cricket in England for Scarborough and South Kirkby Colliery. He proceeded to play club cricket in Scotland for Stirling County in the first half of the 1930s, before leaving the club in 1935 to take up a coaching and groundsman position at Dollar Academy in Clackmannanshire. He played club cricket for Clackmannanshire in the final years of the In 1938, he was put forward by Clackmannanshire to trial for the Scottish cricket team, but was unsuccessful. By 1947, he had moved onto to play for St Boswells in Roxburghshire. After showing good form for St Boswells, he was selected to play for Scotland in two first-class matches, against Warwickshire at Edgbaston on Scotland's 1948 tour of England, and against Yorkshire at Hull on their 1949 tour of England. He was unable to repeat his club form in these matches, scoring just 7 runs. He later coached Gala in 1955. In addition to playing at first-class level, Barkham also stood as an umpire in June 1963, when Scotland played the touring Pakistan Eaglets. Barkham died at Melrose in December 1992.

References

1. Sutcliffe to Open New Pavilion. Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 2 May 1929. p. 8
2. Stirling county to lose their professional. Dundee Evening Telegraph. 17 June 1935. p. 8
3. Fred Barkham, Dollar Academy coach, plays for Clackmannan at the North Inch. Dundee Evening Telegraph. 17 May 1938. p. 12
4. Scots cricket selectors for Dunfermline. Dundee Evening Telegraph. 6 June 1938. p. 8
5. The Chopping-Block County Hits Back. Sunday Post. 29 June 1947. p. 15
6. Five New Cricket Caps. The Scotsman. 21 June 1948. p. 2
7. "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Barkham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
8. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Barkham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
9. Cricket. Berwickshire News and General Advertiser. 9 August 1955. p. 5
10. "Frederick Barkham as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2022.

External links

• Frederick Barkham at ESPNcricinfo

• 1905 births
• 1992 deaths
• Cricketers from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
• English cricketers
• English cricket coaches
• Groundskeepers
• Scotland cricketers
• English cricket umpires