Frank Penn (cricketer)
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Frank Penn played cricket
for Kent County Cricket Club
from 1875 to 1881, and was considered one of the finest batsmen of his day. He played England's first Test match
in 1880. He was selected for the Gentlemen against the Players in 1876 for both the Oval
and the Lord's games.
Penn toured Australia
with Lord Harris's side in 1878/9, but did not play in the only Test of that tour. However, in 1880, he was selected by Surrey to play in the Oval Test, in which he hit the winning runs.
Penn's career ended in 1881 when his doctor advised him not to run due to heart disease. After his playing career, Penn remained a mainstay at Kent, helping Lord Harris build up the club. He was President of Kent in 1905.
. He was married to Grace and his brothers-in-law were the rugby internationals Joseph Fletcher Green
and Frederick Stockes
.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
for Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
from 1875 to 1881, and was considered one of the finest batsmen of his day. He played England's first Test match
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
in 1880. He was selected for the Gentlemen against the Players in 1876 for both the Oval
The Oval
The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
and the Lord's games.
Penn toured Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
with Lord Harris's side in 1878/9, but did not play in the only Test of that tour. However, in 1880, he was selected by Surrey to play in the Oval Test, in which he hit the winning runs.
Penn's career ended in 1881 when his doctor advised him not to run due to heart disease. After his playing career, Penn remained a mainstay at Kent, helping Lord Harris build up the club. He was President of Kent in 1905.
Family
He was the son of the marine engineer John PennJohn Penn (engineer)
John Penn FRS, was a marine engineer, whose firm was pre-eminent in the middle of the nineteenth century due to his innovations in engine and propeller systems, which led his firm to be the major supplier to the Royal Navy as it made the transition from sail to steam power...
. He was married to Grace and his brothers-in-law were the rugby internationals Joseph Fletcher Green
Joseph Fletcher Green
Joseph Green was a rugby union international who represented England in 1871 in the first international match.-Early life:Joseph Green was born on April 28, 1846 in West Ham. He was the second son of Frederick Green of the Blackwall shipbuilding family and his wife Elizabeth of Stepney...
and Frederick Stockes
Frederick Stokes (rugby union)
Frederick Stokes was the first captain of the England national rugby union team, who played for and captained the team in the first three rugby internationals, all between England and Scotland...
.