Fred Lucas (footballer)

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Fred Lucas
Personal information
Full name Frederick Charles Lucas
Date of birth (1933-09-29)29 September 1933
Place of birth Slade Green, Kent
Date of death 11 September 2015(2015-09-11) (aged 81)
Place of death Woolwich, London
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Wing Half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1964 Charlton Athletic 185 (29)
1964–1965 Crystal Palace 16 (0)
Total 201 (29)

Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm
off-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 62
Batting average 13.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 38
Balls bowled 18
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricInfo, 24 October 2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick Charles Lucas (29 September 1933 – 11 September 2015) was an English

the Football League, primarily for Charlton Athletic. He was a good all-round sportsman and played two first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club in 1954.[1]

Lucas was born at

county cap in 1951.[2]

He served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) on national service between 1951 and 1953 but found the opportunity to play cricket limited, although he did play football for REME. He was called into the Kent First XI in 1954 and made two first-class appearances for the side but was released at the end of the season.[2] Lucas also rejoined Charlton after being demobilised and enjoyed a "rather more successful" career as a footballer, making 185 appearances for the team between 1956 and 1964, scoring 29 goals.[2][4] He played in the 1957 match between Charlton and Huddersfield Town which finished 7–6 to Charlton, setting up John Ryan's winner with a minute left. Charlton had been 1–5 down with 27 minutes remaining and with Derek Ufton, also a Kent cricketer, unable to play on after an injury.[5]

Lucas moved to

Readymix Corporation Group as a sales executive on his retirement in 1969.[2] He retired in 1998 and died, aged 81, at Woolwich in September 2015.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Frederick Lucas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Carlaw D (2016) Frederick Charles Lucas, Obituaries, Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2016, pp.256–257. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.
  3. ^ "Frederick Lucas". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b Lucas, Frederick Charles, Obituaries - 2015, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  5. ISBN 1-86105-292-8 (Available online
    . Retrieved 24 October 2018.)

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