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'''Frederic Richard Price''' (2 February 1840 – 26 December 1894) was a Welsh [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er. He was a right-handed [[batsman]] and an [[underarm bowling|underarm]] slow [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]] who played occasionally from 1859 to 1872, sometimes as a [[wicketkeeper]].
Price was born in February 1840 at Llewes Hall, [[Denbighshire]], [[Wales]].<ref name=sc1>{{cite book|last=Percival|first=Tony|title=Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998|year=1999|publisher=A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham|page=23|isbn=1-902171-17-9}}Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.</ref> In his Death notice in ''[[The Times]]'', Price was cited as the youngest son of John Price of [[Llanrhaeadr Hall]], [[Denbigh]].<ref>{{cite news| title = Deaths | newspaper = The Times |issue = 34462 | page = 1 | location = London | date = 1 January 1895 }}</ref>
He was educated at [[Cheltenham College]] and [[The Queen's College, Oxford]]. He represented [[Oxford University Cricket Club]], [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club]] and the Gentlemen of the North.<ref name="CA32">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32174/32174.html |website=CricketArchive |title=Frederic Price |accessdate=15 September 2012}}</ref>
Price made six first-class appearances, scoring 90 runs at 11.25 with a highest innings of 33. He held eight catches and completed three stumpings. His only bowling was in 1859 for the Gentlemen of the North when he took 6 wickets at 16.50 with a best analysis of 3–33.<ref name="CA32"/>
Below first-class level he played at county level for [[Cheshire County Cricket Club|Cheshire]], [[Monmouthshire County Cricket Club|Monmouthshire]], [[Denbighshire County Cricket Club|Denbighshire]], and, between 1867 and 1872, for [[Shropshire County Cricket Club|Shropshire]].<ref name=sc1/> For the latter, he appeared in three matches, scoring at most 46 runs in a match, and took a total 11 wickets.<ref>''Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998'', page 49.</ref>
Price died at sea in the [[English Channel]] on 26 December 1894 aged 54. He was on board the [[SS Teutonic|SS ''Teutonic'']] sailing from America to England.<ref name="CA32"/>
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