{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} '''William Richard Frank Chamberlain''' (1925 – 2004)<ref name="Findagrave">{{cite web |title=William Richard Frank Chamberlain (1925-2004) |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193049596/william-richard_frank-chamberlain |website=Findagrave.com |accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref> was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He appeared in six first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled leg spin. Born in Elton, Huntingdonshire on 13 April 1925, Chamberlain was the son of Elizabeth (née Robson) and Richard Chamberlain.<ref name="who">{{cite web |title=William Richard Frank Chamberlain |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-10568?rskey=39xGu8&result=1 |website=UK Who's Who & Who Was Who |accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref> He died in Cambridge on 8 April 2004. He scored 67 runs with a highest score of 14 and took no wickets.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28483/28483.html Frank Chamberlain at CricketArchive]</ref>

Chamberlain was a director of the family company Chamberlain Phipps, which made shoe industry components and materials.<ref name="who"/> He was also involved in cricket administration, serving as chairman of the Cricket Council from 1990 to 1994 and of the Test and County Cricket Board.<ref name="who"/> A photographic portrait of Chamberlain by Elliott & Fry is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.<ref name="NPG">{{cite web |title=William Richard Frank Chamberlain |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp81609 |website=National Portrait Gallery, London |accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref>

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