CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 12

CRICKET.

THB'LATE IVS.:FEANKIBH, .;'!:

'As 'stated' ia. a Frees Association reobntly, Mr;.F. S.:Franklsli, the well-known oriokptor, who died,.at Wonganui on Monday, after a long ' illncee, ,'\vae. the beet natural... bowler, .Canterbury, has ever produced, anl had'.he'been taken \in' hand', by an- expert would*probably have developed , into ;' a quite exceptional cricketer, He was educated,' at .Christ's .College, sridiaftor leaving tho col. > lego- jojnedvtho .United Club in 1890, '■ at. once : finding a place in the:first eleven.- He'left' soon, after for the West Coast, where: lie re> 'mained/for '.Bevoral, years.- On returning in , 18911, he- joined his 'old olub, and was eeleoted to represent ,Now Zealand against: Queensland, ooming'.out.of the, niatbh With an average oi bight.:wicketß'\for , 100 nine. In the .tame . year his club average r was 52 viokete for 9.11 rune each.- He. improved subsequently, in: hia , batting, while still maintaining his exceptional ability'as a" bowler; : 1n'1899 ho visited Australia with ■ the Now Zealand:'team;; but met , with , only sfair>suocces.'.f : In the 1900 6eaßon against Otapo ho tool^, eight ,wioketo/for ,\7e runs, and his olub'average the next year, was ' 43; wickets,' foi , 9.5' runs eaoh. .He . followed. 1 this up by scoring an average next year of ■ 40..runs and took ,30;.' wickets at accost of 13.91 runs each.' In. representative eriokot- in 1901-2 he took 23...niokerj) , .nt nn.nvprago: nf 8-. riins, his record .'against Wellington being 13 wickets" for';9o ; runs,-and, agnniiit-Otngo-.j • wickets for 117 runs; : Next ycirho did cyen better,"hie record against Otflgo being 7 wickets for 01 rune, and ngninst Wellington 9 for's9. Plaj-inE against Warner's teani tho same year ho took ■10 wickets for ; Canterbury, at a odst of 191 runs,,and for,' Now Zealand.two wickets for CO. Hβ'subsequently, joined the Sydenham Club in 1903, arid continued to piny with equal success until the'cnd : of' the year, : when he retired from : the gamo 'owing to ill-health. -