Frederick Reginald Santall (12 July 1903 – 3 November 1950) was an English cricketer. He was a right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler who played for Warwickshire.
Born in Acocks Green, Birmingham, Santall was a regular on the Warwickshire teamsheet during the inter-war period. Between 1919 and 1939 he played 496 first-class matches for his home county, only Willie Quaife and Dennis Amiss have represented Warwickshire more often.[1] Outside of county cricket he made four other first-class appearances,[2] three came on Sir Theodore Brinckman's XI tour of Argentina in 1937 - 38 and one was for Sir Lindsay Parkinson's XI against the West Indies tourists of 1933, he scored 45 and 47 not out in a low-scoring match.[3]
Santall scored a total of 17,730 first-class runs at an average of 24.93, passing 1,000 runs in a season on seven occasions.[4] His best seasonal total came in 1933 when he scored 1,727 runs at 46.67. During that season he produced the highest score of his career, a knock of 201 not out against Northamptonshire at Peterborough, an innings that took just 165 minutes.[5]
Santall's medium pace bowling took 283 wickets at an average of 43.31, twice taking five-fers, both of which came in the 1936 season.[6] His best figures were 5/47 against Leicestershire at Edgbaston.
Santall received a benefit in 1935, his playing career was brought to a close by the Second World War. After leaving Warwickshire he coached schools in Reading and Cheltenham, where he died aged 47 after suffering a thrombosis.[5] [7]
Santall's father, Sydney, and brother, John, both played first-class cricket.