Frank Buckland (politician)

William Francis Buckland (8 August 1847 – 29 December 1915) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand, an independent conservative MP and cricketer.

[1] Frank Buckland received private tuition, and attended Parnell Grammar School and St John's College.

[11] Buckland then represented the Manukau electorate from 1890, when he defeated long-term MP Maurice O'Rorke.

[19][20] In 1873 he organised the first tour by a New Zealand provincial team, when over three weeks in November and December Auckland played in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Nelson, winning all four matches.

[21] At the time he was described as a batsman with "a true eye and capital nerve" and a destructive fast bowler with "good lasting powers".