William Frame (cricketer)
New Zealand cricketer
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William Frame (31 August 1932 – 12 February 1965) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between the 1955–56 and 1957–58 seasons.[1]
Frame was born at Mosgiel in Otago in 1932 and educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin. He worked as a fruiterer.[2] A right-arm opening bowler, on his first-class debut against Canterbury in December 1955 he took five wickets in each innings.[3]
In February 1965, Frame shot dead his girlfriend and her parents, before turning the gun on himself.[4][5] He was a cousin of the New Zealand author Janet Frame.[4]
