| Frank Holdsworth | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Birth Date: | 15 September 1871 |
| Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-pace |
| Club1: | Wellington |
| Year1: | 1891–92 to 1902–03 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 12 |
| Runs1: | 153 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.56 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 32 |
| Deliveries1: | 1225 |
| Wickets1: | 33 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 17.42 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/35 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/– |
| Date: | 5 March 2018 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22143/22143.html CricketArchive |
Frank Holdsworth (15 September 1871 – 4 August 1941) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 12 matches of first-class cricket for Wellington from 1892 to 1903. He was also a lawyer.
Holdsworth was a tall, powerfully built right-arm medium-pace bowler whose height enabled him to extract extra bounce from the pitch, and a hard-hitting right-handed tail-end batsman.[1] In Wellington's innings victory over Hawke's Bay in 1896-97 he took 6 for 47 and 6 for 35.[2] Earlier that season he had been Wellington's top scorer against the touring Australians, making 30.[3]
After attending Wellington College and Wanganui Collegiate School, Holdsworth became a lawyer, and practised in Wellington for more than 40 years. He and his wife Winnie had two daughters and two sons.[4]