Fred Laws

Frederick Arthur Laws (21 July 1877 – 1 April 1954) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington in New Zealand from 1897 to 1910, and one match for Hawke's Bay in 1898.

Fred Laws

Personal information
Full name	Frederick Arthur Laws
Born	(1877-07-21)21 July 1877 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died	1 April 1954(1954-04-01) (aged 76) Wellington, New Zealand
Bowling	Fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1896/97	Wellington
1897/98	Hawke's Bay
1905/06–1909/10	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 12 Runs scored 233 Batting average 14.56 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 47 Balls bowled 750 Wickets 9 Bowling average 35.33 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 3/20 Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 March 2018

An opening bowler and middle-order batsman, Laws's best performance came in Wellington's match against the touring MCC in 1906-07. He took five wickets in the drawn match, showing a "promising turn of speed", and top-scored for Wellington with 47 with some bold stroke play.^[1] After he retired from playing he became an umpire, standing in one Plunket Shield match in 1912-13.

He also represented Wellington at rugby union, and was later a referee. He worked as a saddler and leather merchant in Wellington, and also sold sporting goods.^[2]