Frank Nicholson (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frank Nicholson (cricketer)

South African cricketer

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1909

Place of Birth: Millom, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Jul-1982

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Frank Nicholson (cricketer)

  • Frank "Nipper" Nicholson (17 September 1909 – 30 July 1982) was a South African cricketer who played in four Tests in 1935-36.Nicholson was a right-hand batsman and wicket-keeper who was a mainstay of the often-weak Griqualand West cricket team for 20 years from 1927, sometimes acting as captain and often opening the batting.
  • It was as an opener that he scored his first century, an innings of 131 against Western Province in the 1929-30 season; with a double century from Ken Viljoen and 101 from Xen Balaskas, Griqualand West totalled 603, which remains the team's highest first-class total.
  • He improved on that innings with a score of 148 in 1933-34 against Orange Free State.
  • Then a year later against the same opposition, he was opening batsman, wicketkeeper and captain and he scored 185, which remained his highest first-class score.
  • He was not, however, selected for any representative sides and not was he picked for the 1935 tour of England. In the South African season of 1935-36, though, Nicholson was drafted into the South African Test team for the series against Australia after the shock death of Jock Cameron, who had been such a success on the tour to England and the decision by Robert Williams, Cameron's deputy on the England tour, to remain in the UK.
  • In a one-sided series which Australia won 4-0, with one match drawn, Nicholson took only three catches in the first four matches, and, after making 0 in both innings of the fourth Test, was dropped for the fifth match in favour of Edward van der Merwe.
  • He batted low in the order and made just 76 runs in eight innings, one of them not out. Nicholson returned to Griqualand West and played regularly for a further two seasons, and then irregularly through to 1946-47.

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