Frank Mycroft (30 June 1873 – 26 September 1900) was an English
cricket
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er who played for
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
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between 1894 and 1895.
Mycroft was born in
Shirland
Shirland is a former pit village in Derbyshire, England. Together with the neighbouring villages of Higham, Derbyshire, Higham, Stretton, Derbyshire, Stretton and Stonebroom, it forms part of the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Shi ...
Toadhole Furnace,
Derbyshire
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, the son of Matthew Mycroft, a farmer of , and his wife Eliza. Mycroft started playing for Derbyshire in the
1893 season before they were included in the County Championship. He was a wicket-keeper for the club and played in two first-class matches both against
Yorkshire
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in the
1894
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and
1895 seasons, standing in for the regular wicket-keeper
William Storer
William Storer (25 January 1867 – 28 February 1912) was an English footballer and a cricketer who played six Test matches from 1897 to 1899, played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1887 to 1905 and played football for Derby County. ...
. Mycroft was a left-handed batsman who was last man in his matches.
Mycroft died in 1900 in
Leicester
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, at the age of 27.
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1873 births
1900 deaths
Derbyshire cricketers
People from Shirland
Cricketers from Derbyshire
Wicket-keepers