# Charlie Frank

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For 19th-century baseball players, see [Charlie Frank (baseball)](/source/Charlie_Frank_(baseball)).

For other people named Charles Frank, see [Charles Frank (disambiguation)](/source/Charles_Frank_(disambiguation)).

**Charles Newton Frank** (27 January 1891 – 25 December 1961) was a [South African](/source/South_African_cricket_team) [Test cricketer](/source/Test_cricket) of the 1920s.

Born in [Jagersfontein](/source/Jagersfontein), [Orange Free State](/source/Orange_Free_State), on 27 January 1891, Frank served in the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), where he was badly gassed, before returning to [South Africa](/source/South_Africa). A short and slightly-built man, known as "Charlie", he made his [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) debut for [Transvaal](/source/Transvaal_cricket_team) against the [Australian Imperial Forces cricket team](/source/Australian_Imperial_Forces_cricket_team) at [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg) in October 1919. He scored 108 and came into contention for national selection.[1]

During [Australia's tour of South Africa in 1921–22](/source/Australian_cricket_team_in_South_Africa_in_1921%E2%80%9322), Frank was selected for all three [Test](/source/Test_cricket) matches. He played a starring role in the Second Test at Johannesburg. South Africa were forced to follow on in their second innings 207 runs behind, and Frank batted for over eight and a half hours, scoring 152 to prevent an Australian victory. His time at the crease, against a strong Australian attack including [Jack Gregory](/source/Jack_Gregory_(cricketer)), [Ted McDonald](/source/Ted_McDonald) and [Arthur Mailey](/source/Arthur_Mailey), included partnerships of 105 with [Herbie Taylor](/source/Herbie_Taylor) and 206 with [Dave Nourse](/source/Dave_Nourse). Frank's century is one of the slowest in Test cricket. The Australian wicket-keeper [Bert Oldfield](/source/Bert_Oldfield) later wrote: "He gave one the impression that he did not have the strength to hit the ball to the boundary."[2][3]

Frank died in [Bryanston](/source/Bryanston,_Gauteng), Johannesburg, on 25 December 1961, aged 70. No obituary appeared in *[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketer's_Almanack)*.

Frank holds the record for the lowest career aggregate of [runs](/source/Run_(cricket)) scored in a complete Test match career (236) that includes a score of 150.[4]

## References

1. ["Transvaal v AIF 1919–20"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9714.html). *CricketArchive*. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

1. ["2nd Test, Australia tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Nov 12-16 1921"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17615/scorecard/62532/south-africa-vs-australia-2nd-test-australia-tour-of-south-africa-1921-22). *Cricinfo*. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

1. [A. G. Moyes](/source/A._G._Moyes), *Australian Cricket: A History*, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1959, p. 327.

1. Walmsley, Keith (2003). *Mosts Without in Test Cricket*. Reading, England: Keith Walmsley Publishing Pty Ltd. p. 457. ISBN 0947540067..

## Sources

- *World Cricketers - A Biographical Dictionary* by Christopher Martin-Jenkins, published by Oxford University Press (1996)
- *The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Volume 1 (1877-1977)* compiled and edited by Bill Frindall, published by Headline Book Publishing (1995)
- *Who's Who of Cricketers* by Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn & Peter Wynne-Thomas, published by Hamlyn (1993)

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