Full Name

Frederick Charles Holland

Born

February 10, 1876, Battersea, London

Died

February 05, 1957, Crystal Palace, London, (aged 80y 361d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Slow

TEAMS

Fred Holland played as a batsman for Surrey from 1894 to 1908, scoring 10,384 runs, including 12 centuries, average 25.57. Encouraged by his seven elder brothers, he played cricket from the early age of three, and when 17 joined The Oval ground staff. Of graceful style, he showed to special advantage in cutting and hitting to leg, and he was also a very good short slip.

He made his debut as an 18-year-old in 1894 and the following year became a regular in the side, making a career-best 171 against Cambridge University at The Oval, when he and Bobby Abel (165) added 306 for the third Surrey wicket.

In 1896 he hit three hundreds, and after losing his place in 1897, he bounced back in 1898 to enjoy his best summer, passing 1000 runs for the first of four occasions. He again was in the doldrums in 1899, playing only four times, but in 1900 he was back in the side although he only managed 571 runs in 20 games. The in-out form continued - after a good 1901 he made only seven appearances in 1902, but from 1903 until he was released at the end of 1908, he commanded a regular place without doing anything spectacular. Undoubtedly, while he was not prolific with the bat, his excellent slip catching helped keep him his place.

Following his retirement from first-class cricket, he became coach at Oundle.
Cricinfo staff

Fred Holland Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100sCtSt
FC284429291038417125.96122320

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC284917570132/2043.843.7270.500

Debut/Last Matches of Fred Holland

FC Matches

Span
1894 - 1908

Recent Matches of Fred Holland

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Surrey vs Gents Eng56--20-Apr-1908The OvalOTHER
Surrey vs Sth Africans16 & 34--11-Jul-1907The OvalFC
Surrey vs Yorkshire10--26-Jul-1906The OvalFC
Surrey vs London Count170/613-Apr-1903The OvalFC
Surrey vs Australians17--27-Jul-1896The OvalFC

Photos of Fred Holland

Surrey's Frederick Holland in the nets