Herbert Fry

Herbert James Fry (28 October 1870 – 19 January 1953) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Herbert Fry
Fry coaching in 1923
Personal information
Full nameHerbert James Fry
Born(1870-10-28)28 October 1870
Morphett Vale, South Australia
Died19 January 1953(1953-01-19) (aged 82)
Hawthorn, Victoria
BattingRight-hand batsman
BowlingRight-arm off-break
RoleOccasional wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1897–1908Victoria
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 8
Runs scored 115
Batting average 10.45
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 27
Balls bowled 372
Wickets 4
Bowling average 60.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/24
Catches/stumpings 4/3
Source: , 31 December 2014

Fry played eight first-class cricket matches with Victoria, three of them in the Sheffield Shield.[1] He also umpired a first-class match between Victoria and New Zealand in 1899.[2] When not keeping wicket, Fry bowled right arm off-break and took 4 wickets at 60.00 during his career. The biggest name out of his four scalps was Marylebone Cricket Club captain Plum Warner, whom he dismissed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1904.[3]

In his brief VFL career at Melbourne, Fry was used as a ruckman. He played five games in the league's inaugural season in 1897, including Melbourne's historic first VFL match and their losing semi final. His sixth and last senior game came in the opening round of 1898 before he injured his knee and was forced to retire.[4]

See also

References
  1. "First-Class Matches played by Herbert Fry". CricketArchive.
  2. "Victoria v New Zealanders 1898/99". CricketArchive.
  3. "Victoria v Marylebone Cricket Club 1903/04". CricketArchive.
  4. Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 136. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.
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