Frank Luce (cricketer), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1878
Date of Death: 09-Sep-1962
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Frank Luce (cricketer)
- Frank Mowbray Luce (26 April 1878 – 9 September 1962) was an English cricketer whose first-class cricket career spanned 25 matches for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club between 1901 and 1911.
- A right-handed batsman and occasional left-arm bowler of an unknown style, Luce scored 754 runs at a batting average of 18.39.
- He played in only three seasons – 1901, 1907 and 1911 – because of his career in the Indian Civil Service in Bengal. Luce was born in Gloucester.
- He was educated at Cheltenham College and played cricket for his school.
- For his college he opened the bowling frequently, taking three wickets against Haverford College on 29 June 1896.
- He also scored 71 batting in the lower order against Marlborough College on 3 July, followed by a score of 90 against Clifton College on 8 July.
- He then took seven wickets across a match against Haileybury College in August, then another seven in a match against Liverpool Cricket Club in 1897.His first-class career began in 1901 with two matches of the County Championship.
- His debut on 13 May against Nottinghamshire saw him make scores of zero and 28.
- He made two against Middlesex at Lord's Cricket Ground on 30 May, and did not play again until 1907.He returned in June 1907 against Worcestershire and made his maiden half-century, scoring fifty exactly.
- He played 10 matches in total that year, scoring 295 runs at 19.66.
- He returned for 13 games in 1911, scoring 429 runs at 18.65 including two more half-centuries.
- He died in Reading, Berkshire in 1962.
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