Frank Townsend (cricketer, born 1847)

Frank Townsend (born 17 October 1847 at Clifton, Bristol; died 25 October 1920 at Lambeth, London) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1870 to 1891 for Gloucestershire. Townsend represented the Gentlemen on a number of occasions between 1874 and 1885. He was a right-handed batsman (RHB) and an underarm right arm slow bowler who made 179 career appearances. Townsend scored 5,110 runs including two centuries with a highest score of 136. He held 131 catches and took 101 wickets with a best bowling analysis of 6–31.

His son Frank Norton Townsend (born on 16 September 1875) was also a Gloucestershire cricketer.