Frederick Reynolds

Frederick Reginald Reynolds (7 August 1833 – 18 April 1915) was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Cambridge Town Club from 1854 to 1860, for Cambridgeshire from 1857 to 1867 and for Lancashire from 1865 to 1874.

Reynolds was born at Bottisham, Cambridgeshire. He became a professional cricketer and was employed at Charterhouse School in 1853 and 1854. He played one or two first class matches a year for Cambridge Town Club from 1854 to 1860 and was a professional with M.C.C. in 1855. From 1856 to 1857 he was at Botesdale, Suffolk and he played about three first class matches a year for Cambridgeshire from 1857 to 1867. In 1858 he played for the United England Eleven in a tour of non-first class matches and in 1859 and 1860 made similar tours for the All England Eleven. In 1861 joined Manchester Cricket Club as a ground bowler and then became ground manager. In 1865 he made his debut for Lancashire, playing until 1874. He took two five-wicket innings in 1865 and one in 1866. The match against Surrey at Old Trafford on 26 May 1870 was played as his benefit match. During the season he achieved two five wicket innings. In November 1870 he was promoted to the offices of Acting Assistant Secretary, Collector and General Manager of the Manchester Cricket Club. In the 1871 season he took two five

Reynolds was initially a right-hand fast round-arm bowler with a break-back from the off and an easy action. He was later a slow underarm bowler. He took 208 first class wickets at an average of 17.58 and with a best performance of 6 for 58. He was a hard hitting tail end right-hand batsman and played 106 innings in 65 first class matches with an average of 5.55 and a top score of 34 not out.^[1]

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