Malcolm Francke
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |
| Bowling type | Legbreak googly | |
| First-class | List A | |
| Matches | 61 | 12 |
| Runs scored | 696 | 50 |
| Batting average | 10.54 | 12.50 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 37* | 26 |
| Balls bowled | 12090 | 636 |
| Wickets | 178 | 17 |
| Bowling average | 31.02 | 22.47 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 8 | - |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | N/A |
| Best bowling | 6-62 | 4-23 |
| Catches/stumpings | 31/0 | 4/- |
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Debut: [[]], 1956 |
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Fredrick Malcolm Francke (March 21, 1939 in Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka) is a former Australian first class cricketer who played for Queensland.
Francke was a leg spinner and played for Ceylon in 1957/58, prior to migrating to Australia. He represented Queensland from 1971/72 to 1985/86, making his debut against a touring World XI side. Francke dismissed Clive Lloyd twice and also took the wickets of captain Rohan Kanhai and Sunil Gavaskar. He went on to take a total of 167 career first class wickets for Queensland with an innings best of 6 for 62 against South Australia in 1974. He appeared to have played his last game in 1980 but made a return 6 years later to play in the 1985/86 Sheffield Shield season.
In 1975 he was part of a rebel tour of South Africa, playing for the Brian Close led DH Robins XI.
