Sir Frank Hubert Hollins, 3rd Baronet (31 October 1877 – 31 January 1963) was an English

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er active from 1898 to 1927 who played for Lancashire. He was born in

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and died in Paddington. He appeared in 35

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as a righthanded batsman. He scored 1,114 runs with a highest score of 114 and held 33 catches. He took three wickets with a best analysis of two for 39. Hollins was the second son of Sir Frank Hollins, 1st Baronet, who was head of the cotton spinning company of Horrockses, Crewdson & Co. He was educated at

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and

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. During World War I he served with the

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in France. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1938 on the death of his brother, who had no children. He also had no children and the baronetcy became extinct on his death.HOLLINS, Sir Frank Hubert
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1877 births 1963 deaths English cricketers Lancashire cricketers Oxford University cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers People educated at Eton College Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Rifle Brigade officers British Army personnel of World War I Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Oxford University Authentics cricketers A. J. Webbe's XI cricketers People from Bowness-on-Windermere R. A. Bennett's XI cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1870s-stub