| Fred Baring | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Frederick Albert Baring | ||
| Born | 15 December 1890 Hotham East,Victoria | ||
| Died | 10 December 1961(1961-12-10) (aged 70) Doncaster, Victoria | ||
| Original team | East Melbourne | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1910–1924 | Essendon | 154 (92) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924. | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1911/12–1928/29 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frederick Albert Baring (15 December 1890 – 10 December 1961) was anAustralian rules footballer who played withEssendon in theVictorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s. In1997 he was named at fullback in Essendon's official Team of the Century. He also playedfirst-class cricket forVictoria.
The son of Frederick John Baring (1857–1917),[1] and Annie Baring (−1935), née Riley,[2] Frederick Albert Baring was born in North Melbourne (then known as "East Hotham") on 15 December 1890.
He married Minnie Sybil Horne (−1940) in 1916,[3] and Edith Lillian Ackary in February 1944.[4]
A four-times premiership player with Essendon (1911, 1912, 1923, 1924), Baring started his career as a ruckman and ended it as a fullback.
He kicked the winning goal in the1912 Grand Final and captained Essendon for eight matches in the1918 VFL season.[5]
In1913 he won the EssendonBest and Fairest award. He was a VFL interstate representative at the1911 Adelaide Carnival. During his career Baring played under the pseudonym "Adamson", when he was unable to get approved leave to play in the VFL from his employer.[6]
Baring was also a successful cricketer and playedSheffield Shield matches forVictoria.[7][8] A right-handed batsman, he managed a total of 30 first-class matches between 1911–12 and 1928–29, scoring 1846 runs at 32.96.
Following the death ofVictor Trumper, Baring was recognised, as the best batsman in Australia on poor pitches.[9] He made his highest score of 131 opening the batting for Victoria againstNew South Wales in December 1918.[10]
He was on the verge of playing Test cricket for Australia after being selected for their squad to tour South Africa in 1914–15;[11][12][13] however, the series was canceled due to World War I.[14][9]
Baring died in the Melbourne suburb ofDoncaster on 10 December 1961.[15]
In 2002, an Essendon panel ranked Baring at 24 in theirChampions of Essendon list of the 25 greatest players ever to have played for Essendon.[16]
