Frank Reginald "Freddie" Martin (12 October 1893 – 23 November 1967) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of England.
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| Full name | Frank Reginald Martin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1893 Kingston, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 November 1967 (aged 74) Kingston, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 7) | 23 June 1928 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 27 February 1931 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1924–1930 | Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 10 January 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm bowler born in Kingston, Jamaica, Martin played domestic cricket for Jamaica. He played in every Test in both of the West Indies' first two Test tours, in England in 1928 and in Australia in 1930-31. In the fifth Test at Sydney of the 1930-31 tour, he scored 123 not out in the first innings against the strong Australian bowling of the day, part of the West Indies' 350 for 6. Later he took four wickets for 111 runs.[1] This was the West Indies' first victory away from home, and Martin's last Test, although he toured England again in 1933. He died in Kingston at the age of 74.[2]
References
edit- ^ Scorecard of Sydney Test in 1931 from Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ "Player Profile: Frank Martin". CricInfo. Retrieved 21 May 2012.