Francis Travers
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Full name | Francis Guy Travers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 7 November 1882 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 July 1950 Kensington, London, England | (aged 67)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1911 | Cheshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920/21–1928/29 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1926/27 | Bombay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Francis Travers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "No. 30781". The London Gazette. 5 July 1918. p. 7953.
- ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by Francis Travers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ a b "Player profile: Francis Travers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "Europeans v Muslims, Bombay Quadrangular Tournament 1925/26". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "Profile: Francis Guy Travers". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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- 1882 births
- 1950 deaths
- People from Birkenhead
- English cricketers
- Cheshire cricketers
- British Indian Army officers
- Europeans cricketers
- Europeans and Parsees cricketers
- Mumbai cricketers