| Frank Thorn | |
| Fullname: | Frank Leslie Oliver Thorn |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1912 |
| Birth Place: | St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia |
| Death Place: | Gasmata, New Britain, Territory of New Guinea |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-pace |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | Victoria |
| Year1: | 1937–1939 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 7 |
| Runs1: | 48 |
| Bat Avg1: | 6.85 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 30 |
| Deliveries1: | 1377 |
| Wickets1: | 24 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 26.83 |
| Fivefor1: | 2 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/74 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/0 |
| Date: | 17 December 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/8049.html Cricinfo |
Frank Leslie Oliver Thorn (16 August 1912 - 11 February 1942) was an Australian cricketer. He played seven first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1937 and 1939.[1]
Thorn was a medium-paced bowler who dismissed Don Bradman for five in the Sheffield Shield when Bradman was aiming to hit a world-record seventh consecutive first-class century in 1938–39.[2] [3] He had taken 5 for 111 and 5 for 74 against Tasmania earlier in the same season.[4]
Thorn joined the Royal Australian Air Force in February 1941.[5] He was a member of a bomber's crew that crashed during a mission to bomb Japanese destroyers at Gasmata harbour in New Britain in February 1942. The plane's wreckage was not found for more than 60 years.[2]