Bing was born in
Cape Town and attended
Wynberg Boys' High School, where he was
head prefect in 1952. He was a right-handed batsman who played eight matches of
first-class cricket for
Western Province, spread over seven seasons. His most successful matches were his last two. Batting at number three against
Border in the 1960–61
Currie Cup, he scored 20 and 85 (the highest score on either side) in a 237-run victory. A week later, he scored 62 and 12 against
Orange Free State, this time in a 28-run loss. In 1957, Bing married Jenny Jones, whose father, A. P. Jones, owned a department store under his name in
Fish Hoek, a coastal suburb of
Cape Town. Bing joined the store, managing the men's department. He established a sporting goods department in the store, and also established South Africa's first cricket ball making factory. Bing bought the A. P. Jones store in 1984; it is now run by later generations of his family. Fritz and Jenny had four children, all boys. Bing lived in
Noordhoek, Cape Town, for more than 60 years. He died in September 2023, two days after his 89th birthday. ==References==