Frank Thornton
Cricket Player
1898 – 1987
Who was Frank Thornton?
Frank Kenneis Thornton was an English cricketer. Thornton was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
Thornton made two first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in the 1937 County Championship against Essex and Lancashire. In the match against Essex at the Town Ground, Peterborough, Thornton scored 13 runs in Northamptonshire's first-innings, before being dismissed by Stan Nichols, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for 9 runs. In the match against Lancashire at the County Ground, Northampton, he scored a single run in Northamptonshire first-innings, before being dismissed by Dick Pollard, while in their second-innings he ended not out on 4.
He died at Fareham, Hampshire on 8 September 1987. His brother John was also a first-class cricketer.
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- Born
- Oct 28, 1898
Leicester - Nationality
- England
- Died
- Sep 8, 1987
Fareham
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on July 23, 2013
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