Fred Coyle
Frederick Thomas Coyle (25 July 1869 – 12 September 1925) was a professional cricketer, who primarily played club cricket, but also made two appearances in first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club in the early twentieth century. He was a right-arm fast bowler, and continued to play professional cricket well into his forties, while also working as a sports-outfitter. Life and career Frederick Thomas Coyle was born on 25 July 1869 in Taunton, to Thomas and Ann Coyle. He was one of seven children in a Roman Catholic family, and his first work was for the family business, making a coarse horsehair fabric. He married Mary Philomena Colvin in 1891 in Taunton, before the pair moved Northumberland in 1896, where Coyle could play professional cricket. He appeared for Chester-le-Street from 1897 to 1900, also playing for Northumberland County Cricket Club during his time there. He moved to Halifax, West Yorkshire to set up a sports outfitters, while continuing his cricket career. He played his first match for Somerset in August 1903, when he, Sammy Woods and Frank Phillips came into the team replacing John Daniell, Oswald Samson and Gilbert Vassall. Facing Kent in Taunton, Coyle was not brought on to