Frank Townsend (cricketer, born 1847)
Frank Townsend (17 October 1847 at Clifton, Bristol – 25 October 1920 at Lambeth, London) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1870 to 1891 for Gloucestershire. Townsend represented the Gentlemen on a number of occasions between 1874 and 1885. He was a right-handed batsman (RHB) and an underarm right arm slow bowler who made 179 career appearances. Townsend scored 5,110 runs including two centuries with a highest score of 136. He held 131 catches and took 101 wickets with a best bowling analysis of 6–31.[1]
His son Frank Norton Townsend (born on 16 September 1875) was also a Gloucestershire cricketer.
References[]
- ^ CricketArchive. Retrieved on 1 December 2010.
External links[]
- Frank Townsend at CricketArchive (subscription required)
Bibliography[]
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, several volumes to 1879
Categories:
- 1847 births
- 1920 deaths
- English cricketers
- English cricketers of 1864 to 1889
- Gloucestershire cricketers
- Gentlemen cricketers
- Gentlemen of England cricketers
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- Over 30s v Under 30s cricketers
- English cricket biography, 1840s birth stubs