Frank Nicholson (other)
Frank Nicholson may refer to: * Frank Nicholson (cricketer) (1909–1982), South African cricketer * Frank Nicholson (rugby union) (1878–?), rugby union player who represented Australia * Frank Nicholson (business), former managing director * Frank Nicholson (baseball) (1889–1972), Major League Baseball pitcher See also *Francis Nicholson (other) Francis Nicholson (1655–1728) was a British military officer and colonial governor. Francis Nicholson may also refer to: *Francis Nicholson (painter) (1753–1844), English painter *Francis Joseph Nicholson Francis Joseph Nicholson O.C.D. (29 ...

Frank Nicholson (cricketer)
Frank "Nipper" Nicholson (17 September 1909 – 30 July 1982) was a South African cricketer who played in four Test matches 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 was not picked for the 1935 tour of England. In the South African s ...
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Frank Nicholson (rugby Union)
Frank Villenueve Nicholson (15 October 1878 – c. 1970) was an Australian Boer War veteran and rugby union player, a state and national representative who made two test appearances in 1903–1904, captaining the side on one occasion. Early life Nicholson was born in Villeneuve, Queensland, a place renamed from ''Humberstone'' by his father (also named Frank) who started the first sawmill in the area in 1877, founding the small town. Career Nicholson, a prop, played thirteen times for Queensland between 1900 and 1904 with twelve of these matches played against New South Wales. The Howell reference claims that Nicholson's rugby career was interrupted by enlistment in the Boer War. He claimed two international rugby caps for Australia. He appeared for Queensland against the touring New Zealanders in Brisbane in August 1903 and two weeks later made his international debut against the same tourists in Sydney, on 15 August 1903. In 1904, he captained Queensland in the inter-state se ...
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Frank Nicholson (business)
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion is one of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise, and is awarded annually to people who play an outstanding role in promoting the growth of business enterprise and/or entrepreneurial skills in other people. It is bestowed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Recipients receive an engraved crystal glass commemorative item, a Grant of Appointment and are invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace. For example, people who: * give up their time – and sometimes provide financial support – to help potential entrepreneurs in education or in the early phases of business development * work in education, training or youth work and help provide others with enterprise skills * are involved in social enterprise and either achieve business outcomes or help others develop business skills Entry is by nomination only and individuals cannot put themselves forward. Thirteen awardees have been from the National Enter ...
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Frank Nicholson (baseball)
Frank Collins Nicholson (August 29, 1889 – November 10, 1972) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in . He pitched in two games, posting a 6.75 ERA An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era used for a given calendar, or the geological eras defined for the history of Earth. Com ... and earning one game finished. External links 1889 births 1972 deaths Baseball players from Somerset County, Pennsylvania Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Phillies players Wilkes-Barre Barons (baseball) players Pittsfield Electrics players Elmira Colonels players Troy Trojans (minor league) players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub ...
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