Allan Frost

Allan Frost
Personal information
Full name Allan Russell Frost
Born (1942-12-02) 2 December 1942
Adelaide, South Australia
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1965–66 to 1967–68 South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 24
Runs scored 114
Batting average 4.95
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 27
Balls bowled 4458
Wickets 72
Bowling average 29.04
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/28
Catches/stumpings 6/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2017

Allan Russell Frost (born 2 December 1942) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1965 to 1968.

A fast bowler, Frost took a wicket with the first ball of the innings in his first first-class match when he had MCC’s Geoffrey Boycott caught by Ian Chappell on Christmas Eve 1965.[1] He had his best season in 1966–67, when he took 33 wickets at an average of 23.69 in the Sheffield Shield.[2] He toured New Zealand with the Australian team at the end of the season. He played in two of the four matches against New Zealand, taking six wickets, all of top-order batsmen.[3]

His best first-class bowling figures were 5 for 28 against Wellington in February 1967.[4] His best figures in the Sheffield Shield were 5 for 51 in the first innings against Queensland a month earlier, when he also took 4 for 22 in the second innings.[5]

His career was curtailed by his refusal on religious grounds to play cricket on Sundays.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "South Australia v MCC 1965–66". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ "Bowling in Sheffield Shield 1966–67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ A. G. Wiren, "Australians in New Zealand, 1967", Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1968, pp. 875–88.
  4. ↑ "Wellington v Australians 1966–67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ "Queensland v South Australia 1966–67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 203.
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