Fred Abraham Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFred Abraham Jr.
British Guiana cricketer
Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1886
Place of Birth: Soesdyke, Guyana
Date of Death: 02-Oct-1918
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Fred Abraham Jr.
- Frederick Henri "Fred" Abraham (4 July 1886 – 2 October 1918) was a British Guianese cricketer who played at first-class level for what is now the Guyanese national side (then known as British Guiana).
- He was killed fighting in France during the First World War. Abraham was born at Soesdyke, on the eastern bank of the Demerara River in present-day Guyana.
- His Essequibo-born father, Fred Abraham Sr., played a single match for British Guiana in September 1883.
- Abraham himself made his first-class debut during the 1904–05 season, aged 18, when he played for British Guiana against a touring English side led by Lord Brackley (later the 4th Earl of Ellesmere).
- He participated in Inter-Colonial Tournament matches over the following six seasons, although British Guiana failed to make the tournament's final in any of those years.
- Abraham often opened the bowling for British Guiana, and later came to open the batting, despite having come in seventh in the batting order on debut.
- He twice scored half-centuries while opening the batting – 56 runs against Trinidad in September 1907, and 64 against Barbados in January 1909.Outside of intercolonial matches, Abraham played three matches for British Guiana against touring sides – two during the 1909–10 season, against a team of West Indians led by William Shepherd, and one during the 1910–11 season, against a team of English players organised by the MCC and led by A.
- W.
- F.
- Somerset.
- Abraham's best bowling figures came during his final first-class match, against Trinidad in the 1911–12 Inter-Colonial Tournament hosted by Barbados.
- He took 4/30 from fourteen six-ball overs in Trinidad's innings, but was unable to prevent his side from losing by an innings and 36 runs.
- During World War I, Abraham enlisted as an officer cadet with the 16th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers, having previously been a serjeant in the West India Regiment (drawn from the British colonies in the Caribbean).
- By September 1917, he had been promoted temporary second lieutenant, along with 23 other cadets from his regiment.
- Abraham was killed in action at Goncourt, France, in early October 1918, and buried at Joncourt East British Cemetery.
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