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Full name | Francis Joseph Gough | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 26 July 1898||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 January 1980 Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | (aged 81)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1924-25 to 1932-33 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 January 2020 |
Francis Joseph Gough (26 July 1898 – 30 January 1980) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Queensland from 1924 to 1933.
Frank Gough was a batsman and leg-spin bowler. In 1926–27 he played in Queensland's inaugural Sheffield Shield match, taking three wickets, including that of Archie Jackson, who was making his first-class debut.[1] In 1927–28, he was the first bowler to dismiss Don Bradman for a duck in first-class cricket.[2]
After 1927–28 he played for Queensland as a batsman, although he continued to bowl effectively in Brisbane Grade Cricket, where he set a record for Norths of 242 wickets, which stood until 1950–51 when it was surpassed by Bert McGinn.[3] He made 52 and 104 when Queensland beat the touring MCC in 1929–30.[4] His other century was the 137 he scored against New South Wales in 1930–31.[5] He captained Queensland from 1930–31 to 1932–33.
Gough married Lottie Phillips in Sydney in April 1933.[6] In World War II he served as a flying officer in the Royal Australian Air Force from September 1942 to December 1945.[7]