Frank Farrands

Frank Henry Farrands (28 March 1835 – 22 September 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and Test match umpire.[1]

Frank Farrands

Farrands in 1886
Personal information
Full name	Frank Henry Farrands
Born	28 March 1835 Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	22 September 1916 (aged 81) Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast (roundarm)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1868–1880	Marylebone Cricket Club
1871	Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 30 Runs scored 212 Batting average 6.23 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 41 Balls bowled 5172 Wickets 128 Bowling average 15.03 5 wickets in innings 12 10 wickets in match 4 Best bowling 6/23 Catches/stumpings 13/–
Source: Cricinfo

A right-handed roundarm fast bowler, Farrands took 128 wickets for Marylebone Cricket Club (1868–1880), Nottinghamshire (1871) and others in 30 matches at an average of 15. he was on the ground staff at Lord's from 1868 to 1908.[2] In 1870, at Lord's, he came into the Players' team at the last moment as a substitute and took 10 wickets in the match for 88 runs, including his best first-class figures of 6 for 23 in the second innings.[2]

He umpired in first-class cricket from 1868 to 1900, standing in seven Ashes Tests on the Australian tours of 1884, 1886 and 1888.[3] He umpired 216 first-class cricket matches,[4] but it is estimated that he umpired, in all, about 2000 cricket matches.[2]