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Full name | Frank Cecil Boys | ||||||||||||||
Born | Kensington, Middlesex, England | 21 June 1918||||||||||||||
Died | 27 March 2003 Dunsfold, Surrey, England | (aged 84)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 9 March 2019 |
Frank Cecil Boys (21 June 1918 − 27 March 2003) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
Boys was born at Kensington and was educated at Dartmouth Naval College, [1] graduating into the Royal Navy shortly before Second World War. He was promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant in February 1939, with seniority antedated to May 1938. [2] He served in the navy in the war, during which he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in May 1940. [3] In the later stages of the war he was mentioned in dispatches in November 1944 and December 1945. [4] [5]
Following the war, Boys made his debut in first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team against the touring South Africans at Portsmouth in 1947. [6] He played first-class cricket for the Combined Services until 1951, making seven appearances. [6] He scored a total of 273 runs in his seven first-class matches, at an average of 21.00. [7] His highest score of 84 came against Essex in 1950. [8] His performance, alongside 10 wickets in the match from Brian Close, took them close to victory in a match which ultimately ended as a draw. [1]
Having been promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in March 1948, [9] he was promoted to the rank of commander in December 1953. [10] He retired from the Royal Navy in May 1957. [11] He died in March 2003 at Dunsfold, Surrey.