Frank Woodhead

Who was Frank Woodhead?

Frank Ellis Woodhead was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played five games of first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Yorkshire from 1889 to 1894.

Born in Woodthorpe, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, Woodhead was a right-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler, who achieved little success, although he retired with the bowling average of 4.00, as his solitary spell of twenty balls gained him the wicket with only four runs conceded. In ten innings, he made a total of 57 runs, with a best score of 18, for an average of 5.70.

In his only appearance for his University, he recorded a pair in a heavy defeat against Surrey at The Oval in a two day match on 13 and 14 June 1889. He did take his only first-class wicket in this match, bowling J.W. Sharpe for a duck. His next match was for Yorkshire against Cambridge University at Fenners in 1893, when he compiled five and eight runs when opening the innings, in a low scoring match won by Cambridge by twenty seven runs. In the same year, he turned out against the touring Australians at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, but was dismissed for three and eight runs at the top of the order.