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Frank Thorn (cricketer)

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Frank Thorn
Personal information
Full name
Frank Leslie Oliver Thorn
Born(1912-08-16)16 August 1912
St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia
Died11 February 1942(1942-02-11) (aged 29)
Gasmata, New Britain, Territory of New Guinea
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1937–1939Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 48
Batting average 6.85
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 30
Balls bowled 1377
Wickets 24
Bowling average 26.83
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 5/74
Catches/stumpings 1/0
Source: Cricinfo, 17 December 2019

Frank Leslie Oliver Thorn (16 August 1912 – 11 February 1942) was an Australian cricketer. He played seven first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1937 and 1939.[1]

Thorn was a medium-paced bowler who dismissed Don Bradman for five in the Sheffield Shield when Bradman was aiming to hit a world-record seventh consecutive first-class century in 1938–39.[2][3] He had taken 5 for 111 and 5 for 74 against Tasmania earlier in the same season.[4]

Thorn joined the Royal Australian Air Force in February 1941.[5] He was a member of a bomber's crew that crashed during a mission to bomb Japanese destroyers at Gasmata harbour in New Britain in February 1942. The plane's wreckage was not found for more than 60 years.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Frank Thorn". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b Greg Growden, Cricketers at War, ABC Books, Sydney, 2019, pp. 149–50.
  3. ^ "South Australia v Victoria 1938-39". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Tasmania v Victoria 1938-39". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Thorn, Frank Leslie Oliver". World War Two Nominal Roll. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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