title: Frederick Gross
text: # Frederick Gross
  
  Frederick Albert Gross (17 September 1902 — 11 March 1975) was an English first-class cricketer.
  
  Gross was born in September 1902 at South Stoneham, Hampshire. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton. Gross made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Sussex at Portsmouth in the 1924 County Championship. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1929, making 34 appearances. In his 34 matches for Hampshire, he took 50 wickets with his leg break googly bowling, at an average of 37.00; he took one five wicket haul, with figures of 5 for 53 against Yorkshire in 1927. As a lower order batsman, he scored 202 runs with a highest score of 32 not out. He later moved to Birmingham, where he took up employment with Mitchells & Butlers. He played club cricket for the company cricket team, and in the 1934 County Championship he made a single appearance for Warwickshire against Yorkshire at Edgbaston; notably, Gross took the wicket of Len Hutton in his first County Championship innings. He died at Birmingham in March 1975.
  
  