Frank Clayton (Otago cricketer) explained

Frank Clayton
Country:New Zealand
Fullname:Frank Dinning Clayton
Birth Date:10 January 1866
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Death Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Club1:Otago
Date:7 May
Year:2016
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36715.html ESPNcricinfo

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frank Clayton . 7 May 2016 . ESPNCricinfo.
  2. Web site: Frank Clayton . 7 May 2016 . CricketArchive.
  3. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 34. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.