| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Frank Noel Tuff |
| Birth Date: | 26 November 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Rochester, Kent, England |
| Death Place: | Imtarfa, Malta |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1910–1911 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 11 |
| Runs1: | 188 |
| Bat Avg1: | 14.46 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 35 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,359 |
| Wickets1: | 25 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 26.80 |
| Fivefor1: | 2 |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/47 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/– |
| Date: | 2 June |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21954.html Cricinfo |
Frank Noel Tuff (26 November 1889 – 5 November 1915) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of a Conservative Party Member of Parliament, Tuff played first-class cricket for Oxford University and the Free Foresters, before serving in the First World War, in which he was killed from wounds sustained during a bomb accident while taking part in the Gallipoli Campaign.
Tuff was born at Rochester, Kent in November 1889, the son of Charles Tuff and his wife, Mary Ann Tuff.[1] He was educated at the Abbey School in Beckenham, before going up to Malvern College, where he played for the college cricket team for three years.[1] From Malvern he went up to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he studied law.[1] While studying at Oxford he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Gentlemen of England at Oxford in 1910.[2] He made eight further first-class appearances for Oxford University across the 1910 and 1911 seasons,[2] scoring 128 runs with a high score of 34 not out,[3] while with his right-arm medium-fast bowling he took 18 wickets at an average of 30.55, with best figures of 5 for 28.[4] Tuff also represented the combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team in a first-class match against a combined Army and Navy cricket team at Aldershot in 1910,[2] in which he also took a five wicket haul with figures of 7 for 47 in the Army and Navy first-innings.[5] He gained a blue in 1910.[1] In addition to playing cricket for the university, he also played football for Oxford University A.F.C. and Corinthians.[1] He married Muriel Mary Smith in 1912.[1] He made a final appearance in first-class cricket for the Free Foresters against Oxford University in 1914.[2]
Tuff served in the British Army during World War I, enlisting with the Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles as a second lieutenant in June 1915. He saw action during the Gallipoli campaign and was seriously wounded in a bomb accident at Cape Helles. He was evacuated to Malta, where he died from his wounds on 5 November 1915.[1] He was buried at the Pietà Military Cemetery.[1]