Francis Travers

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Francis Travers
Personal information
Full nameFrancis Guy Travers
Born7 November 1882
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
Died5 July 1950(1950-07-05) (aged 67)
Kensington, London,
England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1911Cheshire
1920/21–1928/29Europeans
1926/27Bombay
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 17
Runs scored 835
Batting average 33.40
100s/50s 2/2
Top score 121*
Balls bowled 759
Wickets 6
Bowling average 67.16
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/23
Catches/stumpings 28/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 February 2019

Francis Guy Travers (7 November 1882 – 5 July 1950) was an English first-class cricketer.

Travers was born at Birkenhead. He played minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1911, making a single appearance in the Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire.[1] He later lived in British India, where he served as a lieutenant in British Indian Army with the 59th Scinde Rifles.[2] While in British India, Travers made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans against the Parsees at Bombay in the 1921/22 Bombay Quadrangular.[3] He played regularly for the Europeans during the 1920s, making fourteen appearances for them in first-class cricket.[3] He also played two first-class matches for the combined . The first of these came against the combined in November 1922, while the second came against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in December 1926;[3] in that same month he also played for Bombay against the MCC.[3] Making seventeen appearances in first-class cricket while in British India, Travers scored 835 runs at an average of 33.40, with a hogh score of 121 not out.[4] One of two centuries he made in first-class cricket, this score came against the Muslims in November 1925.[5] He was also a competent fielding, taking 28 catches.[4]

He married Emma Herman prior to 1917, with the couple having one daughter.[6] He returned to England at somepoint after 1928, where he died at Kensington in July 1950.

References[]

  1. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Francis Travers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  2. ^ "No. 30781". The London Gazette. 5 July 1918. p. 7953.
  3. ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by Francis Travers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  4. ^ a b "Player profile: Francis Travers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  5. ^ "Europeans v Muslims, Bombay Quadrangular Tournament 1925/26". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  6. ^ "Profile: Francis Guy Travers". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.

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