Frederick Melland
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Melland and Jack Faber (1926)
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| Born | Frederick Neville Shinwell Melland (1904-04-03)April 3, 1904
Manchester, England
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| Died | December 7, 1990(1990-12-07) (aged 86)
Swansea, Wales
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| Education | Winchester College Trinity College, Oxford | ||||||||||||
| Relatives | H. H. Asquith (uncle) Raymond Asquith (cousin) Herbert Asquith (cousin) Arthur Asquith (cousin) Violet Bonham Carter (cousin) Cyril Asquith (cousin) Elizabeth Bibesco (cousin) Anthony Asquith (cousin) | ||||||||||||
Ice hockey player
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Frederick Neville Shinwell Melland (April 3, 1904 in Manchester – December 7, 1990, Swansea) was a British lacrosse and ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.[1][2]
Melland attended Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford, where he played lacrosse. He toured the US in 1926[3] and captained the England lacrosse team in 1932.[4] Additionally, he was part of the British national ice hockey team that finished fourth in the 1928 Olympics. He also played tennis, making the mixed doublesatWimbledonin1936 and the semi-finals of the men's doubles in the Northern Tournament in 1940.[4]
Melland was later a lacrosse referee.[4] He was the nephew of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.[5][4]
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