Fred Covington

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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.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.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.