Frank Iredale was a right hand batsman standing tall and thin. He was a competent fielder who for someone of his height was very quick around the field, he also possessed a safe pair of hands. He scored 81 runs on his debut at Sydney in 1894/5 against England, he finished the series with an aggregate of 337 runs at an average of 37.44.

He had two tours to England, in 1896 and 1899 passing 1,000 runs on both visits. On his first tour, he had a great run with the bat scoring 94, 114, 106, 171 and 108 (Test match at Old Trafford). He averaged 38.00 in the first tour (heading the averages for the series) and beat that in his second with an average of 43.20.

Playing in 38 Sheffield Shield matches for New South Wales, he scored 2, 466 runs at an average of 38.53. After he finished playing cricket, he changed roles but not sport by becoming the Secretary of the New South Wales Cricket Association.