Buster Soane

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| name = Buster Soane

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| full_name = Frank Soane

| birth_date = {{birth date|1865|09|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bath, Somerset, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1932|04|01|1865|09|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Bath, Somerset, England

| height = 5 ft 9 in

| weight = 13 st

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| position = Forward

| repyears1 = 1893–94

| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}

| repcaps1 = 4

| reppoints1 = 0

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Frank Soane (12 September 1865 – 1 April 1932) was an English international rugby union player.

Soane was born in Bath, Somerset, and educated at Clifton House School, Eastbourne.{{cite web |title=Soane Frank |url=https://www.bathrugbyheritage.org/content/heritage-topics/people/player-profiles/soane-frank |publisher=Bath Rugby |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230203033857/https://www.bathrugbyheritage.org/content/heritage-topics/people/player-profiles/soane-frank |archive-date=3 February 2023 |date=29 December 2014}}

A strong-tackling forward, Soane played his rugby with Bath, which he captained through most of the 1890s. He made 45 appearances for Somerset, in addition to gaining four England caps, across 1893 and 1894.{{cite news |title=Death Of Former International Player |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19320404/372/0006 |work=The Scotsman |date=4 April 1932}}

Soane worked as a piano dealer and served a period as president of the Somerset RFU.{{cite news |title=A Great Bath Sportsman |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19320409/133/0016 |work=Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette |date=9 April 1932}}