Frank Liddiard Wells (21 October 1871 – 14 January 1932) was a New Zealand

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er. He played two first-class matches for

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, one in each of the 1895–96 and 1896–97 seasons. Wells was born at

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in October 1871.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 137. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He played club cricket for

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Cricket Club in the cityLate Mr Frank Wells, ''

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'', volume CXIII, issue 86, 12 April 1932, p. 5.
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at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 July 2023.) before making his first-class debut in a match against a touring

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side at Carisbrook in December 1895. Later in the season he played in the representative match against Southland, a match not considered to have first-class status at this time. During the following season he was in an Otago team of 15 which played the touring Australians in early November before appearing against

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later in the month in his second and final first-class match.Frank Wells
CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 July 2023. As well as being a fine cricketer, Wells played

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for the Alhambra club in Dunedin. Wells worked for Barraud and Abraham Limited, a general merchant company, at

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and later at

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where he was the branch manager. He played club cricket in the capital for Phoenix Cricket Club and played representative cricket for Manawatu. He acted as scorer for Wellington Cricket Club until the late 1920s. After a period of illness dating back to 1919, including being bed-ridden for a year, he died at

in 1932.Personalities, ''Manawatu Times'', volume LV, issue 6761, 20 January 1932, p. 6.
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at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 July 2023.) He was aged 60.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wells, Frank 1871 births 1932 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Dunedin