Frank Collins (3 February 1903 – 24 July 1988) was an English
cricket
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er. Collins was a right-handed
batsman
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who bowled right-arm
medium pace
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. He was born at
Eastbourne
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,
Sussex
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.
Collins made a single
first-class appearance for
Sussex
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against
Nottinghamshire
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at
Trent Bridge
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in the
1923 County Championship. Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field first. Put into bat, Sussex made 259 all out in their first-innings, with Collins scoring 27 runs before he was the last man out, dismissed by
Len Richmond. Nottinghamshire responded in their first-innings by making 294 all out, with Collins opening the bowling with
Henry Roberts. Collins bowled eleven wicketless
overs, conceding 33 runs. Sussex then made 169 all out in their second-innings, with Collins once again the last man out, dismissed this time for a
duck
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by
Sam Staples. The match ended as a draw.
This was his only major appearance for Sussex.
He died at the town of his birth on 24 July 1988.
References
External links
Frank Collinsat
ESPNcricinfo
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1903 births
1988 deaths
Cricketers from Eastbourne
English cricketers
Sussex cricketers
20th-century English sportsmen