Frederick Wilding
Cricket Player
1852 – 1945
Who was Frederick Wilding?
Frederick Wilding KC played first-class cricket for Canterbury in the 1880s and 1890s. He also played tennis, and had been a noted athlete in the west of England.
Frederick and Julia Wilding emigrated from Herefordshire, England in 1879. He was a well-to-do lawyer in Christchurch, New Zealand. Their house "Fownhope" in St Martin, Christchurch had two tennis courts, an asphalt winter court and a summer grass court.
Their son Tony Wilding, was a world champion tennis player, and had played cricket for Canterbury.
Their daughter Cora Wilding was an artist and outdoor enthusiast, and founder of the Youth Hostel Association of New Zealand in 1932.
He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1913.
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