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Frank Rapley

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Frank Rapley
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Frank Rapley
Born (1937-09-02) 2 September 1937 (age 87)
Kaiapoi, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
RelationsFraser Sheat (grandson)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1957/58–1959/60Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 8
Runs scored 102
Batting average 25.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 40
Balls bowled 1425
Wickets 23
Bowling average 20.43
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/73
Catches/stumpings 4/–
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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Canterbury v Wellington 1957-58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  2. ^ "North Island v South Island 1957-58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  3. ^ "First-class bowling in each season by Frank Rapley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Canterbury v Central Districts 1958-59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Canterbury v Northern Districts 1959-60". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  6. ^ A. G. Wiren, "Cricket in New Zealand, 1959-60", Wisden 1961, pp. 880–81.
  7. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Frank Rapley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Hawke Cup matches played by Frank Rapley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  9. ^ Kerr, Lindsay. "Nervous wait for Rapley". We Are Canterbury. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Buller v West Coast 1960-61". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  11. ^ Wright, Michael. "NZ's hottest ever day". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  12. ^ "About the North Canterbury Sport & Recreation Trust". North Canterbury Sport & Recreation Trust. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Justice of the Peace Resignations". gazette.govt.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Fraser Sheat". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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