Country: | England |
Fullname: | Henry Calver Francis |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1826 |
Birth Place: | Southwold, Suffolk, England |
Death Place: | Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, England |
Batting: | Unknown |
Club1: | Cambridgeshire |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 7 |
Runs1: | 218 |
Bat Avg1: | 24.22 |
100S/50S1: | 1/– |
Top Score1: | 114 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
Date: | 25 May |
Year: | 2022 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13292.html Cricinfo |
Henry Calver Francis (16 December 1826 — 16 May 1866) was an English first-class cricketer and umpire.
Francis was born in December 1826 in Southwold, Suffolk. He was a prominent figure in Cambridgeshire cricket between 1849 and 1862, making his debut in first-class cricket for a Cambridgeshire representative side in 1849 against Cambridge University at Fenner's. He featured intermittently for Cambridgeshire sides in first-class cricket until 1862, making seven appearances.[1] Playing as a batsman, he scored 218 runs at an average of 24.22,[2] with one century, a score of 114, which came against Cambridge University in 1857.[3] In addition to playing, Francis also stood as an umpire in a first-class match between Cambridgeshire and Surrey in 1862.[4] Francis died at Godmanchester in May 1866.