William Frame (cricketer)

William Frame (31 August 1932 – 12 February 1965) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between 1955 and 1958.[1]

William Frame
Personal information
Full name
William David Frame
Born(1932-08-31)31 August 1932
Mosgiel, New Zealand
Died12 February 1965(1965-02-12) (aged 32)
Papanui, New Zealand
Source: Cricinfo, 10 May 2016

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]

References
  1. "William Frame". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 52. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
  3. "Otago v Canterbury 1955-56". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. "Mental health help there for NZ cricketers". Stuff. December 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. David Frith (16 December 2011). Silence Of The Heart: Cricket Suicides. Mainstream Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-78057-393-9.


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