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Full name | Frank Mycroft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Shirland, Derbyshire, England |
30 June 1873||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 September 1900 Leicester, England |
(aged 27)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Left-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1893–1895 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 9 July 1894 Derbyshire v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 8 July 1895 Derbyshire v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1], January 2012
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Frank Mycroft (30 June 1873 – 26 September 1900) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1893 and 1895.
Mycroft was born in Shirland Toadhole Furnace, Derbyshire, the son of Matthew Mycroft, a farmer of 70 acres (280,000 m2), and his wife Eliza. Mycroft started playing for Derbyshire in the 1893 season before they were included in the County Championship. He was a wicket-keeper for the club and played in two first class matches both against Yorkshire in the 1894 and 1895 seasons, standing in for the regular wicket-keeper William Storer. Mycroft was a left-handed batsman who was last man in his matches.
Mycroft died in 1900 in Leicester, at the age of 27.