Allan Frost

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Allan Frost
Personal information
Full nameAllan Russell Frost
Born (1942-12-02) 2 December 1942 (age 77)
Adelaide, South Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1965–66 to 1967–68 South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches24
Runs scored114
Batting average 4.95
100s/50s0/0
Top score27
Balls bowled4458
Wickets 72
Bowling average 29.04
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling5/28
Catches/stumpings 6/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2017

Allan Russell Frost (born 2 December 1942) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1965 to 1968.

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A fast bowler, Frost took a wicket with the first ball of the innings in his first first-class match when he had MCC’s Geoffrey Boycott caught by Ian Chappell on Christmas Eve 1965. [1] He had his best season in 1966–67, when he took 33 wickets at an average of 23.69 in the Sheffield Shield. [2] He toured New Zealand with the Australian team at the end of the season. He played in two of the four matches against New Zealand, taking six wickets, all of top-order batsmen. [3]

His best first-class bowling figures were 5 for 28 against Wellington in February 1967. [4] His best figures in the Sheffield Shield were 5 for 51 in the first innings against Queensland a month earlier, when he also took 4 for 22 in the second innings. [5]

His career was curtailed by his refusal on religious grounds to play cricket on Sundays. [6]

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References

  1. "South Australia v MCC 1965–66". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  2. "Bowling in Sheffield Shield 1966–67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  3. A. G. Wiren, "Australians in New Zealand, 1967", Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1968, pp. 875–88.
  4. "Wellington v Australians 1966–67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  5. "Queensland v South Australia 1966–67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  6. The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 203.