Frank Lugton

Frank Leslie Lugton (4 November 1893 – 29 July 1916) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). As a cricketer he was as right-handed batsman and fast bowler.

Frank Lugton
Personal information
Full name Frank Leslie Lugton
Date of birth 4 November 1893
Place of birth Northcote, Victoria
Date of death 29 July 1916(1916-07-29) (aged 22)
Place of death near Villers-Bretonneux, France
Original team(s) Clifton Hill[1]
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913–1914 Melbourne 36 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lugton made his VFL debut in 1913 and the following summer played five Sheffield Shield games for the Victorian cricket team, making 218 runs at 31.14 and taking nine wickets at 34.00. He returned to the VFL for the 1914 season before enlisting in the military. Lugton survived the fighting in Gallipoli but went on to serve in France where he was killed in 1916, near Villiers-Bretonneux.[2] He was the first Sheffield Shield cricketer to lose his life in the war.

See also

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 4 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  • Hobbs, Greg (1984). 125 yrs of the Melbourne Demons. Progress Press Group. p. 160. ISBN 0-9590694-0-2.
  • Main, J. & Allen, D., "Lugton, Frank", pp. 106–109 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-74095-010-0
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