Frederick Wilding

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New Zealand cricketer

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Field	Value
name	Frederick Wilding
honorific_suffix
image	Frederick wilding.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Montgomery, Wales
death_date
death_place	Christchurch, New Zealand
batting	Right-handed
bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
role	All-rounder
family
club1	Canterbury
year1	1881/82–1899/00
columns	1
column1	First-class
matches1	34
runs1	1,078
bat avg1	18.91
100s/50s1	2/2
top score1	103
deliveries1	3,488
wickets1	103
bowl avg1	12.79
fivefor1	6
tenfor1	1
best bowling1	7/31
catches/stumpings1	27/–
date	14 November
year	2008
source	https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/23/23106/23106.htmlCricketArchive CricketArchive
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Frederick Wilding (20 November 1852 – 5 July 1945) played first-class cricket for Canterbury in the 1880s and 1890s. He also played tennis and was a noted athlete.

Early life

Wilding was born in Montgomery, Wales in 1852. His father, John Powell Wilding (1812–1872), was a surgeon. His mother was Harriet (). He was educated at Hereford Cathedral School in Hereford and at Shrewsbury School in Shrewsbury, England. He gained admission as a solicitor in 1874.

Wilding was prominent as an athlete in the west of England. In June 1879, he married Julia Wilding (née Anthony), the daughter of a mayor of Hereford. In the same year, they emigrated from Herefordshire to New Zealand.

Life in New Zealand

Wilding became a well-to-do lawyer in Christchurch, New Zealand, and was appointed a King's Counsel in 1913. Their house, "Fownhope" in St Martins, Christchurch, had two tennis courts, an asphalt winter court and a summer grass court. He founded Wilding Park, which is today the largest tennis centre in Canterbury. He won the New Zealand Championships doubles title five times between 1887 and 1894 with his partner Richard Harman.

Their son Tony Wilding, was a world champion tennis player, and played cricket for Canterbury, but was killed in action during the First World War. Their daughter Cora Wilding was an artist and outdoor enthusiast, and founded the Youth Hostel Association of New Zealand in 1932.

He died, aged 92, in Christchurch on 5 July 1945, and was buried at Bromley Cemetery.

References

{{DNZB. Hall. Fiona. 2w19. Wilding, Frederick. 27 August 2013
"New Zealand Championships". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand.
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"Cemeteries database". Christchurch City Council.
(1945). "Frederick Wilding (obituary)". Papers Past.
(1945). "Frederick Wilding (funeral)". Papers Past.
(1945). "Frederick Wilding (tributes)". Papers Past.
(1945). "Frederick Wilding (death notice)". Papers Past.

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