Malcolm Francke

Malcolm Francke

Personal information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Legbreak googly
International information
National side	Australian
Career statistics
Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	61	12
Runs scored	696	50
Batting average	10.54	12.50
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	37*	26
Balls bowled	12090	636
Wickets	178	17
Bowling average	31.02	22.47
5 wickets in innings	8	-
10 wickets in match	1	N/A
Best bowling	6-62	4-23
Catches/stumpings	31/0	4/-
Source: CricketArchive,

Fredrick Malcolm Francke (21 March 1939 in Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka) is a former Australian first class cricketer who played for Queensland.

Francke was a leg spinner and played for Ceylon in 1957/58, prior to migrating to Australia. He represented Queensland from 1971/72 to 1985/86, making his debut against a touring World XI side. Francke dismissed Clive Lloyd twice and also took the wickets of captain Rohan Kanhai and Sunil Gavaskar. He went on to take a total of 167 career first class wickets for Queensland with an innings best of 6 for 62 against South Australia in 1974. He appeared to have played his last game in 1980 but made a return 6 years later to play in the 1985/86 Sheffield Shield season.

In 1975 he was part of a rebel tour of South Africa, playing for the Brian Close led DH Robins XI.

External links

• Cricket Archive profile

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Name	Francke, Malcolm
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Date of birth	21 March 1939
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