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| Full name | John Edward Childe-Freeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 June 1935 Brisbane, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955-56 to 1961-62 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 September 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Edward Childe-Freeman, usually known during his playing career as John Freeman (born 28 June 1935 in Brisbane) is a former cricketer for Queensland who played 28 matches of first-class cricket between 1956 and 1962.
Freeman was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 28 June 1935. He attended Brisbane State High School.
A leg-spin bowler, Childe-Freeman had his best season in the Sheffield Shield in 1956–57, taking 23 wickets at an average of 34.04 and forming a leg-spinning partnership with Wal Walmsley (who took 28 wickets at 28.39) that helped Queensland achieve second place at the end of the season. He took his best figures of 6 for 134 in the second match of the season, against Western Australia, after taking 5 for 77 against New South Wales in the first match.