18 October 1978(1978-10-18) (aged 91) Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height
6 ft 3[1] in (1.91 m)
Batting
Left-handed
Bowling
Left-arm medium Slow left-arm orthodox
Role
All-rounder
Relations
Claud Woolley (brother)
International information
National side
England
Test debut (cap 163)
9 August 1909 v Australia
Last Test
22 August 1934 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1906–1938
Kent
Career statistics
Competition
Test
First-class
Matches
64
978[a]
Runs scored
3,283
58,959
Batting average
36.07
40.77
100s/50s
5/23
145/295
Top score
154
305*
Balls bowled
6,495
94,949[b]
Wickets
83
2,066
Bowling average
33.91
19.87
5 wickets in innings
4
132
10 wickets in match
1
28
Best bowling
7/76
8/22
Catches/stumpings
64/–
1,018/–
Source: CricInfo, 28 December 2021
Frank Edward Woolley (27 May 1887 – 18 October 1978) was an English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1906 and 1938 and for the England cricket team. A genuine all-rounder, Woolley was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler. He was an outstanding fielder close to the wicket and is the only non wicket-keeper to have held over 1,000 catches in a first-class career, whilst his total number of runs scored is the second highest of all time and his total number of wickets taken the 27th highest.
Woolley played for England in 64 Test matches from 1909 to 1934 and is generally regarded as one of cricket's greatest all-rounders. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the 1911 edition of the almanack and was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.
^Ellis & Pennell, p. 17.
^Milton 1998, p. 17.
^Croudy, p. 4.
^Caine S (1931) Notes by the Editor, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1931. London: John Wisden & Co. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
^Frank Woolley, CricInfo. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
^Frank Woolley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2021. (subscription required)
^Carlaw, p. 602.
^Milton 1998, p. 106.
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