Frederick William Stanley (5 November 1923 – 22 October 1993) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Otago between the 1950–51 and 1953–54 seasons.
Stanley was born at Dunedin in 1923. He worked as an upholsterer.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) A right-arm medium-pace bowler who played club cricket for Kaikorai in Dunedin,Cricket: Plunket Shield Match, The Press, volume LXXXVI, issue 26299, 19 December 1950, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 July 2023.)Plunket Shield, Otago Daily Times, issue 27569, 11 December 1950, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 July 2023.) Stanley made his first-class debut for Otago in a January 1951 Plunket Shield match against Wellington at Carisbrook. Opening the bowling, he went wicketless in Wellington's first innings but took a five-wicket haul in the second innings as the side was dismissed for a score of only 82―a performance described by The Press as "brilliant bowling".Cricket: Otago wins by 251 runs, The Press, volume LXXXVII, issue 26317, 11 January 1951, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 July 2023.)
He played against the touring England Test team later in the season and went on to play regularly for the representative side for four seasons, taking a total of 46 wickets, including another two five-wicket hauls.Frederick Stanley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
Stanley died at Dunedin in 1993. He was aged 69. An obituary was published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack in 1994.
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