Frederick Hayes Whymper (14 October 1827 –24 February 1893) was an English civil servant and a cricketer who played in eight first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University and other amateur sides between 1849 and 1852. [1] [2] He was born at Westminster and died at Chelsea,both in London.
Whymper was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College,Cambridge. [3] He played cricket as a middle- or lower-order batsman at Eton and appeared twice in the annual Eton v Harrow cricket match. [1] At Cambridge,he played several times for the university side in 1849 without ever making much impact,sometimes batting as low as No 11;despite an unimpressive record,he was picked for the 1849 University Match against Oxford University,when he made 7 and 5 in his two innings. [4] After 1849,he played only single first-class matches in each of the next three seasons. [1] While at Cambridge,Whymper was also reported to have been involved in the formulation of the Cambridge rules of 1848 for football.
Whymper graduated from Cambridge University in 1851 with a Bachelor of Arts degree,being placed third in the Classics Tripos list for his year;earlier,he had been awarded the Craven Scholarship. [3] He was admitted as a lawyer at Lincoln's Inn in 1851,but then pursued a career as a factory inspector,responsible for the enforcement of workplace safety and employment law under the various Factories Acts. [3] He was Superintending Inspector first at Bristol,covering the south-west of England,and then for Ireland,before succeeding as the Chief Inspector of Factories in 1891. [5]
Frederick Henry Norman was an English merchant banker and a director of the merchant bank Brown,Shipley &Co. He was also a first-class cricketer,appearing for Kent,Cambridge University,Cambridge Town Club and some amateur teams. He was born at Bromley Common,Kent and died in Mayfair,London.
Edward Samuel Evans Hartopp was an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University,Nottinghamshire and several amateur cricket teams between 1841 and 1857. He was born at Thurnby,Leicestershire and died at Pickenham Hall,near Swaffham,Norfolk.
Simon Matthews Edwin Kempson was an English educationalist and colonial administrator who also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University,the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Gentlemen. He was born at Castle Bromwich,Birmingham and died at Uley,Gloucestershire.
John Morley Lee was an English clergyman and cricketer who played in first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University,Surrey,Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and various other amateur teams in the late 1840s. He was born at Chelsea,London and died at Botley,Hampshire.
Edward McNiven was an English lawyer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University,Surrey and various amateur sides between 1846 and 1851. He was born at Offley,Hertfordshire and died near Godstone,Surrey.
Sotherton Nathaniel Micklethwait was an English clergyman and a cricketer who appeared in one first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1843. He was born at Taverham Hall,Norwich,Norfolk and died at Hickling,also in Norfolk.
Charles Loyd Norman was an English banker and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University,Kent,the Marylebone Cricket Club and other amateur teams in the 1850s. He was born at Bromley Common,Kent and died at San Remo in Italy.
William Arthur Norris was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1851. He also rowed for Cambridge University in the University Boat Race of 1852. He was born and died at Halifax,West Yorkshire.
Charles George Pope was an English schoolmaster and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1892 and 1895. He was born at Sandy,Bedfordshire and died at New Milton,Hampshire.
Edward Brent Prest was an English lawyer and a cricketer who played for Cambridge University,the Cambridge Town Club,and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in the 1850s. He was born in Stapleford,Cambridgeshire and died at Cambridge.
William Pitt Prest was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University,Cambridge Town Club and other amateur teams between 1850 and 1862. He was born at Stapleford,Cambridgeshire and died at East Molesey,Surrey.
Douglas Gray Spiro was an Australian-born English cricketer who played in 12 first-class matches for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) between 1883 and 1890. He was born in Melbourne and died in Westminster,London.
Francis Edmund Stacey was a Welsh-born law officer and a cricketer who played first-class cricket in 15 matches for Cambridge University,the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Gentlemen of England side. He was born at Llandaff,Cardiff and died at Llandough Castle,Llandough,Glamorgan.
Mortimer Granville Tollemache was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in nine matches for Cambridge University between 1891 and 1893. He was born at Westminster,London and died at Sudbury,Suffolk.
Thomas Manners Townley was an English soldier,an amateur jockey,and a cricketer who played first-class cricket in 10 matches for Cambridge University,the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and other amateur sides in 1847 and 1848. He was born at Fulbourn,Cambridgeshire and died at Marylebone,London.
George Hustler Tuck was an English lawyer and a cricketer who played in 18 first-class cricket matches between 1863 and 1876,most of them for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was born and died at Norwich,Norfolk.
Charles Allix Wilkinson was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played in eight first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University,Norfolk and the Gentlemen between 1833 and 1835. He was born at Swaffham Prior in Cambridgeshire and died at Boxworth,also in Cambridgeshire.
Herbert Southey White was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played in six first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University in 1851 and 1852. He was born at Tivetshall,Norfolk and died at Tunstead,also in Norfolk.
Henry Thomas Wroth was an English lawyer,a consular official and a cricketer who played in six first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University between 1844 and 1846. He was born at Northchurch,Hertfordshire and died at Bebek,Constantinople,Turkey.
George Richard Dupuis was an English schoolmaster and clergyman and a cricketer who played in eight first-class cricket matches,all but one for Cambridge University between 1854 and 1857. He was born at Eton,then in Buckinghamshire,and died at Sessay,Yorkshire.