Frank Holdsworth (15 September 1871 – 4 August 1941) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 12 matches of first-class cricket for Wellington from 1892 to 1903. He was also a lawyer.

Frank Holdsworth

Personal information
Born	(1871-09-15)15 September 1871 Wellington, New Zealand
Died	4 August 1941(1941-08-04) (aged 69) Wellington, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-pace
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1891–92 to 1902–03	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 12 Runs scored 153 Batting average 9.56 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 32 Balls bowled 1225 Wickets 33 Bowling average 17.42 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 6/35 Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 March 2018

Life and career

Holdsworth was a tall, powerfully built right-arm medium-pace bowler whose height enabled him to extract extra bounce from the pitch, and a hard-hitting right-handed tail-end batsman.[1] In Wellington's innings victory over Hawke's Bay in 1896-97 he took 6 for 47 and 6 for 35.[2] Earlier that season he had been Wellington's top scorer against the touring Australians, making 30.[3]

After attending Wellington College and Wanganui Collegiate School he became a lawyer, and practised in Wellington for more than 40 years. He and his wife Winnie had two daughters and two sons.[4]

References

External links

• Frank Holdsworth at ESPNcricinfo
• Frank Holdsworth at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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