Frank Laver

Frank Laver
Laver, c. 1905
Personal information
Born7 December 1869
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Died24 September 1919 (aged 49)
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 78)1 June 1899 v England
Last Test9 August 1909 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 15 163
Runs scored 196 5,434
Batting average 11.52 25.04
100s/50s 0/0 6/18
Top score 45 164
Balls bowled 2,361 23,089
Wickets 37 404
Bowling average 26.05 24.72
5 wickets in innings 2 19
10 wickets in match 0 5
Best bowling 8/31 8/31
Catches/stumpings 8/– 147/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 February 2020

Frank Jonas Laver (7 December 1869 – 24 September 1919) was an Australian cricketer and baseball player. He played in 15 Test matches between 1899 and 1909 and visited England as a player and team manager on four occasions. An accomplished photographer and author, he wrote an illustrated account of his 1899 and 1905 tours of England, An Australian Cricketer on Tour.[1][2]

  1. ^ Frank Laver, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  2. ^ Laver, Frank (1905). An Australian Cricketer On Tour. Chapman & Hall.