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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army officer (1851–1902)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Frederick Alexander Currie
| birth_date = 23 September 1851
| birth_place = [[Firozpur|Ferozepore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[Company rule in India|British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1902|6|13|1851|9|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Aldeburgh]], [[Suffolk]], England
| nickname =
| family = [[Cecil Currie]] (cousin)<br>[[Fendall Currie]] (cousin)<br>[[Sir Frederick Currie, 2nd Baronet|Sir Frederick Currie]] (cousin)<br>[[Robert Currie (cricketer)|Robert Currie]] (cousin)<br>[[William Currie (cricketer)|William Currie]] (cousin)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year1 = 1894
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 10
| bat avg1 = 5.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 7
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 25 October
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11490.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Frederick Alexander Currie''' (23 September 1851 – 13 June 1902) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of Major Mark Edward Currie, he was born in [[Company rule in India|British India]] at [[Firozpur|Ferozepore]] in September 1851. He was educated in England at [[Harrow School]], where he played for the school cricket team.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911|last1=Dauglish|first1=M. G.|last2=Stephenson|first2=P. K.|publisher=[[Longman|Longmans, Green, and Co.]]|location=London|year=1911|edition=2|page=388|url=https://archive.org/details/harrowschoolregi00harruoft|language=en}}</ref> From Harrow he attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] from which he graduated into the [[Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment|16th Foot]] as a [[Sub-lieutenant#Armies_and_air_forces|sub-lieutenant]] in September 1869,<ref name="HART">{{cite book |title=Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List |first=Henry George |last=Hart |date=1893 |publisher=John Murray |page=245 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Hart_s_Annual_Army_List_Militia_List_and/_KUaAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> before transferring to the [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]] in November 1872.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23915|date=1 November 1872|page=5107}}</ref> Promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] followed in July 1874, which was antedated to July 1872.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24112|date=10 July 1874|page=3465}}</ref> He saw action in British India, serving in the [[Jowaki Expedition]] against the [[Afridi|Jowaki Afridi]] tribe in 1877–78. Following the expedition he fought in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] and was present at the [[Battle of Ali Masjid]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in November 1881,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25085|date=17 March 1882|page=1213}}</ref> with promotion to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] following in June 1884.<ref name="HART"/> He was later appointed a [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26652|date=13 August 1895|page=4552}}</ref> at which point he retired from active service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26652|date=13 August 1895|page=4553}}</ref>

Currie played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC), making a single appearance against [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] at [[Lord's]] in 1894.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28892/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Frederick Currie|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-10-27|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 7 runs by [[Dick Pougher]] in the MCC first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 3 runs by the same bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4115.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Leicestershire, 1894|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-10-27|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket, Currie also played minor matches for [[Norfolk County Cricket Club|Norfolk]] from 1880 to 1901, but did not feature for the county in the [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28892/all_teams.html|title=Teams Frederick Currie played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-10-27|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Currie died in June 1902 at [[Aldeburgh|Aldeburgh, Suffolk]].<ref>Legal Notices. ''[[East Anglian Daily Times]]''. 2 July 1902. p. 4</ref> His grandfather was [[Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet|Sir Frederick Currie]], while several cousins also played cricket at first-class level.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=11490}}

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[[Category:1851 births]]
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[[Category:People from Firozpur]]
[[Category:People educated at Harrow School]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Royal Norfolk Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War]]
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