| William Frame | |
| Fullname: | William David Frame |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Mosgiel, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Papanui, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Date: | 10 May |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37066.html Cricinfo |
William Frame (31 August 1932 - 12 February 1965) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between the 1955–56 and 1957–58 seasons.[1]
Frame was born at Mosgiel in Otago in 1932 and educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin. He worked as a fruiterer.[2] A right-arm opening bowler, on his first-class debut against Canterbury in December 1955 he took five wickets in each innings.[3]
In February 1965, Frame shot dead his girlfriend and her parents, before turning the gun on himself.[4] [5] He was a cousin of the New Zealand author Janet Frame.[4]