Francis Disney-Roebuck Explained

Fullname:Francis Henry Algernon Disney-Roebuck
Birth Date:7 October 1846
Birth Place:Trinidad
Death Place:Kensington, Middlesex, England
Family:Claude Disney-Roebuck (son)
Batting:Unknown
Club1:Marylebone Cricket Club
Year1:1878 - 1882
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:4
Runs1:33
Bat Avg1:5.50
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:10
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:1/–
Date:7 October
Year:2018
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/12182.html Cricinfo

Francis Henry Algernon Disney-Roebuck (7 October 1846 – 9 January 1919) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Disney-Roebuck was born at Trinidad in October 1846 to Anne Helen Lucy O'Halloran and her husband, Francis Algernon Disney-Roebuck.[1] He was educated at the Royal Military College, where after graduating he was posted to the 83rd Foot in February 1864 as an ensign. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in April 1867. While serving in Ireland, he married Anna Marian Kate Bond in 1869, with the couple going onto have two sons.[2] He was promoted to captain in April 1870, soon after he transferred to the 46th Foot in July 1870.

He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1878, playing two matches against Kent and Lancashire.[3] The 46th Foot and the 32nd Foot merged in 1881, forming the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Disney-Roebuck served in this new regiment, where he was promoted in July 1881. He played two further first-class matches for the MCC in May 1882, against Cambridge University and Lancashire.[3] Months later, Disney-Roebuck saw action in the Anglo-Egyptian War of July - September 1882.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel July 1891, and retired from active service in July 1900, retaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. He died at Kensington in January 1919. He married Anna Marian Kate Bond in 1869.[4] Their younger son, Claude, would also play first-class cricket.

Note

  1. Web site: Profile: Francis Disney-Roebuck . www.thepeerage.com . 2018-10-07.
  2. Web site: Disney Roebuck, Francis Henry Algernon . www.combedown.org . 2018-10-07.
  3. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Francis Disney-Roebuck . CricketArchive . 2018-10-07.
  4. Web site: Francis Disney-Roebuck. freejournal.org. 2 June 2021. 2 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214022/https://amp.ww.en.freejournal.org/58688191/1/francis-disney-roebuck.html. dead.