Fred Hargreaves
Personal information
Full name Frederick William Hargreaves
Date of birth 16 August 1858
Place of birth Blackburn, England
Date of death 5 April 1897(1897-04-05) (aged 38)
Place of death Wilpshire, England
Position(s) Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Blackburn Rovers
International career
1880–1882 England 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick William Hargreaves (16 August 1858 – 5 April 1897) was an English footballer who represented the England national team. He also played first-class cricket with Lancashire.

A member of the Malvern College[1] 1st XI team, Hargreaves played his club football for the Blackburn Rovers and was a half-back in their team which lost the 1882 FA Cup Final.[1] His first international cap for England came in 1880 when he took the field against Wales, with England winning 3–2.[1] The following year he made an appearance in another international against Wales but this time finished on the losing side.[1] In 1882, he claimed his third and final cap in a convincing 13–0 victory over Ireland.[1] As of January 2013, this remains England's highest ever winning margin.

His brother John Hargreaves also played at Blackburn and represented England.

An amateur cricketer who was previously a member of Malvern's First Eleven Cricket team, he appeared in his only first-class cricket match in 1881, against Derbyshire. Hargreaves was dismissed by George Osborne for a duck in his only innings and took a couple of catches.[2] He played club cricket at Blackburn's East Lancashire Cricket Club.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 England Player Profile: Fred Hargreaves Archived 28 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine. www.englandfc.com. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Derbyshire v Lancashire 1881". CricketArchive.
  3. ↑ "Brief profile of F.W.Hargreaves". CricketArchive.
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