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Charlie Frith (19 January 1854 – 3 April 1919) was an English-born New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago between 1877 and 1890. A "tall, cheery fellow with an easy, full overarm action",〔Don Neely & Richard Payne, ''Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985'', Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 29.〕 Charlie Frith was "a right-hand medium-paced bowler, with a slight off-break. His great success as a bowler was his ability to keep a fine length ... he was able, even on a perfect wicket, to quickly wear a spot that enabled him to get work on the ball."〔''Evening Post'', 8 April 1919, p. 3.〕 Dan Reese called him "the first great bowler in New Zealand cricket".〔Dan Reese, ''Was It All Cricket?'', George Allen & Unwin, London, 1948, p. 438.〕 In February 1877 he took 6 for 23 and 3 for 29 for a Canterbury XVIII against James Lillywhite's XI. In the only close match of the English team's six-week tour of New Zealand, Canterbury lost by 23 runs.〔(Canterbury v James Lillywhite's XI 1876-77 )〕 Some of the English players tried to persuade him to return to England and play county cricket, but he preferred to stay in New Zealand.〔Reese, ''Was It All Cricket?'', pp. 438-39.〕 In 1877-78 Frith was part of the Canterbury XV that beat the Australians, taking the wickets of Bannerman, Horan, Bailey and Gregory.〔(Canterbury v Australians 1877-78 )〕 He took 6 for 34 and 4 for 29 when Canterbury beat Otago by nine wickets in 1879-80.〔(Otago v Canterbury 1879-80 )〕 In the return match the next season, George Watson scored a record 175 for Canterbury, then Charlie's brother William took 8 for 18 in the first innings and Charlie took 7 for 25 in the second to give Canterbury victory by an innings and 232 runs.〔(Canterbury v Otago 1880-81 )〕 In 1883-84, now playing for Otago, he took 5 for 8 in Tasmania's second innings to help Otago to an eight-wicket victory.〔(Otago v Tasmania 1883-84 )〕 In his last first-class match, in 1889-90, he bowled unchanged throughout both innings (53.4 five-ball overs in all) to take 5 for 24 and 3 for 18 in a victory over Canterbury.〔(Otago v Canterbury 1889-90 )〕 He umpired four first-class matches in New Zealand between 1885 and 1900.〔(Charles Frith as Umpire )〕 The Otago–Southland match in 1901-02 was played in his benefit, and he was presented with £51 as a result.〔''Otago Daily Times'', 8 October 1902, p. 2.〕 He worked as a newspaper compositor,〔''Otago Daily Times'', 4 April 1919, p. 6.〕 having served his apprenticeship with the ''Christchurch Press''.〔''Press'', 4 April 1919, p. 7.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charlie Frith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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