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Frank Farrands

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Frank Farrands
Farrands in 1886
Personal information
Full name
Frank Henry Farrands
Born28 March 1835
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Died22 September 1916 (aged 81)
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast (roundarm)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1868–1880Marylebone Cricket Club
1871Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 30
Runs scored 212
Batting average 6.23
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 41
Balls bowled 5172
Wickets 128
Bowling average 15.03
5 wickets in innings 12
10 wickets in match 4
Best bowling 6/23
Catches/stumpings 13/–
Source: Cricinfo

Frank Henry Farrands (28 March 1835 – 22 September 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and Test match umpire.[1]

A right-handed roundarm fast bowler, Farrands took 128 wickets for Marylebone Cricket Club (1868–1880), Nottinghamshire (1871) and others in 30 matches at an average of 15. he was on the ground staff at Lord's from 1868 to 1908.[2] In 1870, at Lord's, he came into the Players' team at the last moment as a substitute and took 10 wickets in the match for 88 runs, including his best first-class figures of 6 for 23 in the second innings.[2]

He umpired in first-class cricket from 1868 to 1900, standing in seven Ashes Tests on the Australian tours of 1884, 1886 and 1888.[3] He umpired 216 first-class cricket matches,[4] but it is estimated that he umpired, in all, about 2000 cricket matches.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Frank Farrands: England, ESPN Sports Media Ltd, archived from the original on 17 December 2009
  2. ^ a b c "Other deaths in 1916". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. ^ Frank Farrands: As umpire in test matches (7), archived from the original on 16 October 2012
  4. ^ "Frank Farrands as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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