Frank Martin (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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West Indian cricketer, born 1893
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Place of Birth: Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica
About Frank Martin (cricketer)
- Frank Reginald "Freddie" Martin (12 October 1893 – 23 November 1967) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of England.
- A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm bowler born in Kingston, Jamaica, Martin played domestic cricket for Jamaica.
- He played in every Test in both of the West Indies' first two Test tours, in England in 1928 and in Australia in 1930-31.
- In the fifth Test at Sydney of the 1930-31 tour, he scored 123 not out in the first innings against the strong Australian bowling of the day, part of the West Indies' 350 for 6.
- Later he took four wickets for 111 runs.
- This was the West Indies' first victory away from home, and Martin's last Test, although he toured England again in 1933.
- He died in Kingston at the age of 74.
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