Frank Wright (4 May 1870 – 9 December 1943) was an English

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er who played first-class cricket for

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in 1899. Wright was born in Ilkeston,

. He was also identified as "Francis Moult Wright". Wright played just one first-class cricket match for Derbyshire during the 1899 season, against

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. He was a right-handed batsman and scored four runs in the first innings and a duck in the second. He bowled under four overs in the first innings of the match taking no wickets and giving 37 runs. Derbyshire lost the game by a ten-wicket margin.Frank Wright at Cricket Archive
/ref> Wright died in Cotmanhay at the age of 73.

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