Frederick Leopold Prime (19 November 1884 – 21 May 1923) was a New Zealand
cricket
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er. He played two
first-class matches for
Auckland
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in 1907/08.
In
Auckland
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cricket Leo Prime was regarded as "a brilliant field and a solid and forceful batsman", as well as a useful bowler and wicket-keeper.
[ On his first-class debut he was a member of the Auckland team that won the first-ever challenge match for the ]Plunket Shield
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History
The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octo ...
when they beat Canterbury
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in December 1907.[
Prime married Doris Gittos in Auckland in November 1912. He ran a furniture shop in ]Karangahape Road
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, Auckland
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. He was a talented cellist
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who often appeared in amateur performances in Auckland.
See also
* List of Auckland representative cricketers
This is a list of cricketers who have played First-class cricket, first–class, List A cricket, list A or Twenty20 cricket for the Auckland cricket team in New Zealand.
References
External links
*
1884 births
1923 deaths
New Zealand cricketers
Auckland cricketers
Cricketers from Auckland
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