Frank Simpson (cricketer)

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Frank Simpson
country = England
fullname = Frank William Simpson
dayofbirth = 27
monthofbirth = 3
yearofbirth = 1909
placeofbirth = Theberton, Suffolk
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath = 13
monthofdeath = 8
yearofdeath = 1992
placeofdeath = Winchester, Hampshire
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right arm medium pace
club1 = Combined Services
year1 = 1948
clubnumber1 =
club2 = Army
year2 = 1931
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 15 August
debutyear1 = 1931
debutfor1 = Army
debutagainst1 = MCC
lastdate1 = 30 June
lastyear1 = 1948
lastfor1 = Combined Services
lastagainst1 = Glamorgan
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 2
runs1 = 92
bat avg1 = 23.00
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 40
deliveries1 = 0
wickets1 = -
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = -
best bowling1 = -
catches/stumpings1 = 1/0
date = 24 December
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32779/32779.html CricketArchiveInfobox Military Person
name= Frank William Simpson


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allegiance= United Kingdom
branch= Army
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rank= Colonel
unit= Royal Engineers
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battles=Battle of Normandy
awards= Distinguished Service Order
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Frank William Simpson DSO OBE (27 March 1909 – 13 August 1992) [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20777.html Cricinfo profile] ] played cricket for various military teams between 1931 and 1954, also playing for the Straits Settlements in 1938 and 1939. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32779/all_teams.html Teams played for by Frank Simpson] at CricketArchive]

Biography

Born in Suffolk in 1909 [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32779/32779.html CricketArchive profile] ] and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Frank Simpson made his first-class cricket debut in August 1931, playing for the Army against the MCC at Lord's [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32779/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Frank Simpson] at CricketArchive] as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler.

He played two matches for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in 1938 and 1939 [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32779/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Frank Simpson] at CricketArchive] before serving in World War II, serving with distinction in Normandy duringFact|date=August 2008 and after the D-day landings. He was eventually awarded the Distinguished Service Order and an OBE. [Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1993, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228731.html Obituaries] ]

After the war, Simpson played for the Army against the Minor Counties in August 1947, and played his second, and final, first-class match for the Combined Services against Glamorgan in Pontypridd in 1948. In 1954, he played for the Army against Hampshire and for the Royal Engineers against the Royal Artillery at Lord's. He died in Hampshire in 1992.

References

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NAME= Simpson, Frank William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Simpson, Frank
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DATE OF BIRTH=1909
PLACE OF BIRTH= Theberton, Suffolk, England
DATE OF DEATH=1992
PLACE OF DEATH= Winchester, Hampshire, England