Frank King (6 April 1911 – 1 November 1996) was an English

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er. King was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at

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and educated at

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. King made his first-class debut for

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against

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in 1934. He made nine further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against the

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in 1935. In his ten first-class appearances, he scored 68 runs at an

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of 6.80, with a high score of 16

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. With the ball, he took 22 wickets at a bowling average of 27.95, with best figures of 6/64. These figures, which were one of two

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s he took, came against

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in 1934. In 1937, King made his debut for

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in the Minor Counties Championship against

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. He played for Dorset after

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, making a total of 49 Minor Counties Championship appearances from 1937 to 1954. He died at

Sherborne Sherborne is a market town and civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish includes the hamlets of Nether Coombe and Lower Clatcombe. ...

on 1 November 1996.

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