Frederick Rawlins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1907
Place of Birth: Blunham, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Dec-1968
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Frederick Rawlins
- Frederick Rawlins (28 September 1907 – 27 December 1968) was an English cricketer.
- Rawlins was a right-handed batsman.
- He was born at Blunham, Bedfordshire, and was educated at Wellingborough School. Rawlins made his debut for Bedfordshire against the Kent Second XI in the 1926 Minor Counties Championship.
- He played minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1926 to 1935, making seventy appearances, the last of which came against Cambridgeshire.
- Playing minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire allowed Rawlins to be selected to play for a combined Minor Counties cricket team, who he made his first-class debut for against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1930.
- The Minor Counties won the toss and elected to bat first, making 216 all out, with Rawlins being dismissed for a duck by Len Hopwood.
- Lancashire then made 188 all out in their first-innings, to which the Minor Counties responded in their second-innings by reaching nine without loss, at which point the match was curtailed by rain and declared a draw.
- He later made a second first-class appearance for the team against Oxford University at the University Parks in 1934.
- The Minor Counties won the toss and elected to bat first, making 539/8 declared, with Rawlins scoring 74 runs before he was dismissed by Kenneth Jackson.
- Oxford University then made 469 all out in their first-innings, to which the Minor Counties responded in their second-innings by reaching 129/4, with Rawlins scoring 36 runs before he was dismissed by Jake Seamer.
- The match ended as a draw.He died at Biddenham, Bedfordshire, on 27 December 1968.
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