Frederick Jakeman (10 January 1920 – 17 May 1986) was an English

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er, who played for

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in 1946 and 1947, and for

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from 1949 to 1954. He also played first-class cricket for the

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(MCC) in 1952. Born in

Holmfirth Holmfirth () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is located south of Huddersfield and west of Barnsley; the boundary of the Peak District National Park is to the south-west. The town is sited on t ...

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, Jakeman was a left-handed batsman who played 134 games in all, scoring 5,952 runs at 32.00, with a best score of 258 not out against

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. Other notable innings include an unbeaten 176 against

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and 169 against

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. He scored eleven centuries in all with 42 fifties. He took 42 catches and took five wickets at an average of 32.40. He also appeared for an England XI in 1951, the Rest of England in 1952, for Yorkshire Second XI from 1946 to 1948, for a Scotland XI in 1945 and the

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in 1948. His son, Stuart Jakeman, played three games for Northants in 1962 and 1963. Jakeman was a first-class

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from 1961 to 1972. A heavy scorer in League cricket, he had engagements with Lightcliffe C.C., Salts C.C. and David Tractors C.C. and, in 1949, he scored a century for Holmfirth C.C. before Easter, the first batsman to do so in senior League cricket. He died in May 1986 in

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...

, Yorkshire, at the age of 66.

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