Frederick Charles Pryor (10 November 1844 – date of death unknown) was an English first-class

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er. The son of the cricketer

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, he was born in November 1844 at

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. He made his debut in

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for

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(CTC) against

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in 1861, with Pryor appearing in a second first-class match in the same season for CTC against Cambridge University at

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. His next first-class appearance came for

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(essentially CTC) in 1863 against the

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. He played first-class cricket for Cambridgeshire until 1871, making 22 appearances. In his 22 matches, he scored a total of 461 runs at an

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of 12.13, with a high score of 69, which was one of three half centuries he made. He also made a single first-class appearance for the

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in the

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fixture of 1864. His grandfather, Stephen Pryor, also played first-class cricket.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pryor, Frederick 1844 births Year of death unknown Cricketers from Cambridge English cricketers Cambridge Town Club cricketers North v South cricketers