Between 1960 and 1961, Misson was a pioneer in the field of physical health and played five Test matches for Australia.
At the age of 85, past fast bowler for Australia and New South Wales, Frank Misson, passed ahead.
Misson played five Testing across the popular 1960-61 home set against the West Indies and the 1961 Ashes tour to England but his Test career was cut short by an Achilles injury. He took 16 innings at 38.50 including a job ideal 4 for 58 against West Indies in Melbourne.
He played 71 first-class games, mainly for New South Wales, and finished with 177 first-class innings at 31.13 in a small job that spanned from 1958 to 1964.
Misson, who had previously coached Australia's Herb Elliott to Olympic silver and a world history in the 1500m in Rome in 1960, trained with famous American middle distance coach Percy Cerutty, who was a famous sprinter in his children.
Misson made his cricket comeback in the final game of the 1958-1959 year taking six innings as a 20-year-old for NSW on the ice. At the end of the 1959-60 Shield year Misson was selected in an Asian second XI that toured New Zealand and he took 17 innings at 12.47.
The following summer he made his Test comeback against the West Indies in the next Evaluation in Melbourne that followed the popular tied Test in Brisbane.
Before being chosen for the 1961 Ashes journey, Misson completed the five-match series by playing two more Tests. Misson's extraordinary fitness regimen was described in a letter to former Australian captain Ian Chappell.
" The 1961 American team travelled to England by vessel, but Misson was not to be denied his education regime", Chappell wrote. " As he ran rounds of the board, some of the less physically minded people sitting in the table saw Misson display past the window. Maybe embarrassed by Misson's enthusiastic workouts, they decided to aggravate his exercise program by placing board chairs in his way. When Misson hurdled the first set of impediments and did the same to yet another level of chairs, the pub animals relented and left him to teach in peacefulness".
Misson missed the majority of the Ashes line because he missed the first two Test matches. He did not play another Test match due to an Achilles injury that prevented him from playing.
Following Misson's moving, Cricket NSW CEO Lee Germon paid gift.
" We extend our deepest sympathies to Frank's family and friends, especially to all of those who participated in the NSW Men's Team and the Australian Men's Team," Germon said.
" Frank's occupation was cut short by wound, which was satirical considering the emphasis he had on health, diet and fitness in an age where activities science was not very common.
" His five Examine caps are acknowledgment of his skill and dedication and there is little question that if it was n't for injuries he may have played several more times for his state and country."
Misson's approach towards cricket health may have a sustained legacy on American cricket with his brother David Misson becoming the health consultant for the Australia people's team between 1998 and 2000 as well as with Cricket New South Wales in the early 2000s.
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