Fred Covington
Frederick Ernest Covington(29 October 1912 – 3 July 1995) was an Englishfirst-class cricketeractive 1935–36 who played forMiddlesexandCambridge University.He was born inKingston-upon-Thames,Surrey, and educated atRockport School,near Holywood, County Down, then atHarrow(where he was captain of cricket 1931–32) andMagdalene College, Cambridge.[1]After representing Cambridge University in 1935, he played in six first-class matches for Middlesex in 1936 scoring 142 runs at 20.28, including 83 on his debut againstWarwickshireatLord's,the highest score of the match.[2]DuringWorld War IIhe joined theRoyal Navyas a seaman, then wascommissionedand commandedtank landing craftin British waters and in the Mediterranean. After the war he joined his cousin's firm of stockbrokers. He died inPoole, Dorset.[3]
References
[edit]- ^"Today's Matches And Teams".The Times.No. 46437. London. 6 May 1933. p. 6.
- ^Frederick CovingtonatESPNcricinfo
- ^"Covington History Generations Report".Covington History. 19 December 2010.Retrieved23 November2018.
- 1912 births
- 1995 deaths
- English cricketers
- Middlesex cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
- People from Kingston upon Thames
- People educated at Rockport School
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Royal Navy officers of World War II
- English stockbrokers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Sir T. E. W. Brinckman's XI cricketers
- 20th-century English businesspeople
- English cricket biography, 1910s birth stubs