Frank Rapley
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| Full name | Arthur Frank Rapley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 September 1937 Kaiapoi, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Fraser Sheat (grandson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957/58–1959/60 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 November 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arthur Frank Rapley (born 2 September 1937) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1958 to 1960.
Cricket career
[edit]An off-spin bowler and useful lower-order batsman, Rapley played his first match for Canterbury at the age of 20 in the last round of the Plunket Shield in 1957-58 and took four wickets (match figures of 35–15–60–4).[1] He was selected in the trial match for South Island a few days later and took two wickets cheaply.[2]
He took only eight wickets in five matches in 1958-59.[3] However, he made his highest first-class score of 40 in Canterbury's victory over Central Districts, when he and Graham Dowling added 85 for the last wicket, Dowling finishing on 103 not out.[4]
Rapley did not play in Canterbury's first four Plunket Shield matches in 1959-60 but, restored to the team for their final match, he was the leading bowler in Canterbury's victory over Northern Districts, taking 3 for 54 and 6 for 73 (match figures of 78.1–30–127–9).[5] This victory, achieved at the last possible moment of the match, gained Canterbury the Plunket Shield.[6] But it was Rapley's last first-class match.[7]
Rapley played for North Canterbury in the Hawke Cup from 1963 to 1983.[8] In all he played 65 matches for North Canterbury, taking 209 wickets.[9] In a two-day match for West Coast against Buller in 1960-61 he took 8 for 11 and 5 for 33.[10]
Later life
[edit]Rapley has spent most of his life in the North Canterbury region, where he was born. He was assistant town clerk for the Rangiora Borough Council in the 1970s,[11] and was one of the first trustees of the North Canterbury Sport & Recreation Trust after it was established in 1982.[12] He served as a justice of the peace in Rangiora until 2007.[13]
His grandson Fraser Sheat has played for Canterbury since the 2017-18 season.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Canterbury v Wellington 1957-58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "North Island v South Island 1957-58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "First-class bowling in each season by Frank Rapley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Canterbury v Central Districts 1958-59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Canterbury v Northern Districts 1959-60". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ A. G. Wiren, "Cricket in New Zealand, 1959-60", Wisden 1961, pp. 880–81.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Frank Rapley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Hawke Cup matches played by Frank Rapley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ Kerr, Lindsay. "Nervous wait for Rapley". We Are Canterbury. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Buller v West Coast 1960-61". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ Wright, Michael. "NZ's hottest ever day". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "About the North Canterbury Sport & Recreation Trust". North Canterbury Sport & Recreation Trust. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Justice of the Peace Resignations". gazette.govt.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Fraser Sheat". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Frank Rapley at ESPNcricinfo
- Frank Rapley at CricketArchive (subscription required)