Frank Booth (cricketer)

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Frank Stanley Booth (12 February 1907 – 21 January 1980) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire between 1927 and 1937. Predominantly a fast bowler he took 457 wickets for the club including 101 during the 1934 English season in which the county won the County Championship. [1]

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References

  1. First-class Bowling in Each Season by Frank Booth, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 31 January 2009