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| Full name | Frederick Somerset Gough Calthorpe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1892-05-27)27 May 1892 Kensington, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 November 1935(1935-11-19) (aged 43) Worplesdon,Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 11 January 1930 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 12 April 1930 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frederick Somerset Gough Calthorpe (27 May 1892 – 19 November 1935), styledThe Honourable from 1912, was an Englishfirst-class cricketer.
Born in London, Calthorpe ("pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with 'tall' and not with 'shall'")[1] was a member of theGough-Calthorpe family, the son of Somerset Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, who inherited the title of 8thBaron Calthorpe in 1912. Freddie Calthorpe was educated atWindlesham House School,Repton andJesus College, Cambridge.[2][3] He served in theRoyal Air Force duringWorld War I.[4]
In a first-class career that extended from 1911 to 1935, Calthorpe played cricket forSussex,Cambridge University,Warwickshire andEngland. He toured withMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toAustralia andNew Zealand in 1922–23, a trip that also served as a honeymoon for him and his bride Dorothy.[5] He captained Warwickshire from 1920 to 1929, and also led a strong MCC team on a tour of theWest Indies in 1925–26.[4]
He captained England in his only fourTest matches: on the first ever Test tour of theWest Indies in 1929–30, which was drawn 1–1. This tour was played simultaneously to another England Testtour to New Zealand, where England were captained byHarold Gilligan.[4] During the tour, in a speech he gave inBarbados, he condemned the bowling tactic, later known asbodyline, which had been used by the West Indian fast bowlerLearie Constantine.[6][7]
He died of cancer[8] inWorplesdon,Surrey.
Calthorpe is distantly related to thecricket commentatorHenry Blofeld, and more closely to the England captainH. D. G. Leveson Gower and the early cricket patronJohn Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset.[9]
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| Preceded by | English national cricket captain with Harold Gilligan 1929/1930 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Warwickshire County Cricket Captain 1920–1929 | Succeeded by |