| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Reginald Martin | |||
| Born | 12 October 1893 Kingston, Jamaica |
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| Died | 23 November 1967 (aged 74) Kingston, Jamaica |
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| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | West Indies | |||
| Test debut | 23 June 1928 v England | |||
| Last Test | 27 February 1931 v Australia | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1924–1930 | Jamaica | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
| Matches | 9 | 65 | ||
| Runs scored | 486 | 3,589 | ||
| Batting average | 28.58 | 37.77 | ||
| 100s/50s | 1/0 | 6/16 | ||
| Top score | 123* | 204* | ||
| Balls bowled | 1,346 | 7,934 | ||
| Wickets | 8 | 74 | ||
| Bowling average | 77.37 | 42.55 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | ||
| Best bowling | 3/91 | 5/90 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 2/– | 19/– | ||
| Source: CricketArchive, 10 January 2010 | ||||
Frank Reginald (Freddie) Martin (October 12, 1893-November 23, 1967) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of England.
Martin was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He played in every Test in both of the West Indies' first two Test tours, in 1928 and in 1930-31. His Test career was relatively modest, but he did have one shining moment. In the fifth Test at Sydney of the 1930-31 tour, he scored an impressive 123* in the first innings against the strong Australian bowling of the day, earning a good part of Windies' 350 for 6. Later, on the defence, he took 4 wickets for 111 runs. This was the West Indies' first victory away from home. This would be the last Test Martin played in (he was 37 at the time).
He died in Kingston at the age of seventy four.