Frank Whitmore Mellish, MC (26 April 1897 – 21 August 1965) was a rugby union footballer who played internationally for England and South Africa.
[1] After his rugby career, he served as a selector for the South African team and as the manager of the 1951 Springbok tour of the British Isles and France.
During World War I, he served in South-West Africa as a gunner with the Cape Town Highlanders in the South African Heavy Artillery from 1914 to 1915.
He then served on the Western Front with the South African Heavy Artillery where he was wounded in the left leg in April 1918.
He took over as the convener of the national selectors after Bill Schreiner and as the manager of the 1951 Springbok tour of the British Isles and France.