Frank Clayton (Otago cricketer)

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Frank Clayton
Personal information
Full name
Frank Dinning Clayton
Born(1866-01-10)10 January 1866
Auckland, New Zealand
Died29 September 1944(1944-09-29) (aged 78)
Wellington, New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1892/93–1896/97Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 May 2016

Frank Dinning Clayton (10 January 1866 – 29 September 1944) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played six first-class matches for Otago between the 1892–93 and 1896–97 seasons.[1][2]

Clayton was born at Auckland in 1866 and educated at Auckland Grammar School, later working as a bank clerk. As well as cricket he played rugby union for Auckland and was selected for the national rugby team to tour New South Wales in 1884, but withdrew from the tour party before it began. He died at Wellington in 1944.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Frank Clayton". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Frank Clayton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 34. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2

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