Brief profile of F.D.Docker by Don Ambrose

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Player:

FD Docker

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DOCKER, Frank Dudley.
Amateur.
Born at Smethwick, Staffordshire, 26th August 1862.
Died at Coleshill, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, 8th July 1944.
The son of Ralph Docker, of Smethwick, he was educated at the King Edward VI Grammar School, Birmingham. He played in a couple of matches for Derbyshire in 1881 and 1882 and for Warwickshire, non-first-class, 1884-89. His brothers Ludford Charles and Ralph also played cricket for Derbyshire and Warwickshire.
He became a director of the Midland Bank, the Southern Railway and the Electric and Railway Finance Corporation. He was a J.P.
There is no trace of him in the 1881 Census.

(Article: Copyright © 2003 Don Ambrose)