Fred Insole played twice for Glamorganshire against Breconshire. His debut came on 24 and 25 June 1874 at Brecon with the member of Cardiff CC and Fairwater CC batting at number five and scoring 0 and 16. The following year he appeared again in the contest at Brecon and scored 18 and 3.
Born in Cardiff in 1847 and educated at Cheltenham College, he lived at Ely Court and owned several collieries in the Taff Valley, besides overseeing the export of coal from his mines via the docks in Cardiff and Barry, as well as serving as a Director of the Taff Vale Railway.
Fred was the archetypal country gentleman enjoying a range of rural sports including hunting and shooting. His family had also been instrumental in the creation of Fairwater Cricket Club who played in the grounds of the family’s house off Fairwater Road as well as on land which now forms the site of Cantonian High School. During the winter months, he also organised a number of hunting parties for his sporting friends at Insole Court.
INSOLE, George Frederick
Born: Cardiff, 18 November 1847.
Died: Cardiff, 11 November 1917.