Frank Orr (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Frank William Orr

| birth_date = 6 March 1879

| birth_place = Marylebone, Middlesex, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1967|6|18|1879|3|6}}

| death_place = Wandsworth, London, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Leg break

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 30

| bat avg1 = 15.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 28

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 24 August

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18328.html Cricinfo

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Frank William Orr (6 March 1879 – 18 June 1967) was an English first-class cricketer.

Orr was born at Marylebone in March 1879. He was educated at Tonbridge School,{{cite book |title=The Register of Tonbridge School, from 1826 to 1910 |date=1911 |publisher=Rivingtons |pages=[https://archive.org/details/b29012715/page/260 260] |edition=3 |url=https://archive.org/details/b29012715 |language=en}} before studying law at Brasenose College, Oxford.{{cite book |title=Brasenose College Register, 1509-1909 |date=1909 |publisher=Oxford historical society at the Clarendon Press |pages=260 |volume=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fxc5AQAAMAAJ |language=en}} After graduating from Oxford, he became a solicitor. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the P. F. Warner's XI against the touring Gentlemen of Philadelphia at The Oval in 1903.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31809/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Frank Orr |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-08-24 |url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 2 runs by Percy Clark in the P. F. Warner's XI first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 28 runs by Bart King.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6290.html |title=P. F. Warner's XI v Gentlemen of Philadelphia, 1903 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-08-24 |url-access=subscription}} Orr died at Wandsworth in June 1967.