Frederick Stanley (cricketer)

Frederick Stanley
Personal information
Full name
Frederick William Stanley
Born(1923-11-05)5 November 1923
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Died22 October 1993(1993-10-22) (aged 69)
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1950/51–1953/54Otago
1952/53Dunedin Metropolitan
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 13
Runs scored 104
Batting average 6.93
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 28
Balls bowled 2,332
Wickets 46
Bowling average 24.08
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/25
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 April 2024

Frederick William Stanley (5 November 1923 – 22 October 1993) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Otago between the 1950–51 and 1953–54 seasons.

Stanley was born at Dunedin in 1923. He worked as an upholsterer. A right-arm medium-pace bowler who played club cricket for Kaikorai in Dunedin, Stanley made his first-class debut for Otago in a January 1951 Plunket Shield match against Wellington at Carisbrook. Opening the bowling, he went wicketless in Wellington's first innings but took a five-wicket haul in the second innings as the side was dismissed for a score of only 82―a performance described by The Press as "brilliant bowling".

He played against the touring England Test team later in the season and went on to play regularly for the representative side for four seasons, taking a total of 46 wickets, including another two five-wicket hauls.

Stanley died at Dunedin in 1993. He was aged 69. An obituary was published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack in 1994.