Frederick Santall
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Frederick Reginald Santall (12 July 1903 - 3 November 1950) was an English
cricket
er. He was a right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler who played for Warwickshire
.
Born in Acocks Green
, Birmingham
, Santall was a regular on the Warwickshire teamsheet during the inter-war period. Between 1919 and 1939 he played 496 first-class
matches for his home county, only Willie Quaife
and Dennis Amiss
have represented Warwickshire more often. Outside of county cricket he made four other first-class appearances, three came on Sir Theodore Brinckman's XI
tour of Argentina in 1937–38 and one was for Sir Lindsay Parkinson's XI against the West Indies tourists of 1933
, he scored 45 and 47 not out
in a low-scoring match.
Santall scored a total of 17,730 first-class runs at an average
of 24.93, passing 1,000 runs in a season on seven occasions. His best seasonal total came in 1933 when he scored 1,727 runs at 46.67. During that season he produced the highest score of his career, a knock of 201 not out
against Northamptonshire
at Peterborough, an innings that took just 165 minutes.
Santall's medium pace bowling took 283 wickets at an average of 43.31, twice taking five-fers, both of which came in the 1936 season. His best figures were 5/47 against Leicestershire
at Edgbaston.
Santall received a benefit in 1935, his playing career was brought to a close by the Second World War. After leaving Warwickshire he coached schools in Reading and Cheltenham, where he died aged 47.
Santall's father, Sydney
, and brother, John
, both played first-class cricket.
England
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cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler who played for Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
.
Born in Acocks Green
Acocks Green
Acocks Green is an area and ward of south Birmingham, England. It is named after the Acock family who built a large house in the area in 1370. Acocks Green is one of the four wards making up Yardley formal district...
, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, Santall was a regular on the Warwickshire teamsheet during the inter-war period. Between 1919 and 1939 he played 496 first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches for his home county, only Willie Quaife
Willie Quaife
William Quaife, known as "Willie", born at Newhaven, Sussex on 17 March 1872 and died at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 13 October 1951, was a cricketer who played for Sussex, Warwickshire and England....
and Dennis Amiss
Dennis Amiss
Dennis Leslie Amiss MBE was an English cricketer and cricket administrator.Amiss suffered a serious back injury whilst playing soccer in his teenage years, which entailed him starting each day of his sporting life undergoing stretching routines to loosen up.He played cricket for both Warwickshire...
have represented Warwickshire more often. Outside of county cricket he made four other first-class appearances, three came on Sir Theodore Brinckman's XI
Sir Theodore Brinckman, 4th Baronet
Sir Theodore Ernest Warren Brinckman, 4th Baronet was an English cricketer. He played often for the MCC, and captained teams that toured the Channel Islands and South America...
tour of Argentina in 1937–38 and one was for Sir Lindsay Parkinson's XI against the West Indies tourists of 1933
West Indian cricket team in England in 1933
The West Indies cricket team toured England in 1933, playing three Test matches, losing two of them and drawing the other. In all, the side played 30 first-class matches, winning only five and losing nine....
, he scored 45 and 47 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
in a low-scoring match.
Santall scored a total of 17,730 first-class runs at an average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 24.93, passing 1,000 runs in a season on seven occasions. His best seasonal total came in 1933 when he scored 1,727 runs at 46.67. During that season he produced the highest score of his career, a knock of 201 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
against Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
at Peterborough, an innings that took just 165 minutes.
Santall's medium pace bowling took 283 wickets at an average of 43.31, twice taking five-fers, both of which came in the 1936 season. His best figures were 5/47 against Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
at Edgbaston.
Santall received a benefit in 1935, his playing career was brought to a close by the Second World War. After leaving Warwickshire he coached schools in Reading and Cheltenham, where he died aged 47.
Santall's father, Sydney
Sydney Santall
Sydney Santall was an English first-class cricketer who played with Warwickshire. His son Frederick was later a prolific run maker for them while his other son John had a brief career at Worcestershire....
, and brother, John
John Santall
John Frank Eden Santall, sometimes known as Jack Santall was an English cricketer who played eight first-class matches for Worcestershire, all in the space of just over a month in 1930....
, both played first-class cricket.