Background
Nicholson, was born in Villeneuve, Queensland, a place renamed from Humberstone by his father (also named Frank) who started the first sawmill in the area in 1877, founding the small town.
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Frank Nicholson
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Nicholson, a prop, played thirteen times for Queensland between 1900 and 1904 with twelve of these matches played against New South Wales. The Howell reference claims that Nicholson"s rugby career was interrupted by enlistment in the Boer War. He claimed two international rugby caps for Australia.
He appeared for Queensland against the touring New Zealanders in Brisbane in August 1903 and two weeks later made his international debut against the same tourists in Sydney, on 15 August 1903.
Later that season he had the honour of captaining Australia in a Test match against a touring British Lions side. Australia lost the match 17-0.
Nicholson was selected in a 1905 squad that toured New Zealand but he did not play in any matches of the tour. He left Australia in 1905 going to Philadelphia to study dentistry Upon his return in 1911 be became a selector and coach of the Queensland state side.
