William Frame (cricketer)

William Frame

Personal information
Full name	William David Frame
Born	(1932-08-31)31 August 1932 Mosgiel, New Zealand
Died	12 February 1965(1965-02-12) (aged 32) Papanui, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1955/56–1957/58	Otago
Source: Cricinfo, 10 May 2016

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]

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.

External links

• William Frame at ESPNcricinfo