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


Travers was born at [[Birkenhead]]. He played [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Cheshire County Cricket Club|Cheshire]] from 1911, making a single appearance in the [[Minor Counties Championship]] against [[Staffordshire County Cricket Club|Staffordshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14737/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Francis Travers |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He later lived in [[British India]], where he served as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in [[British Indian Army]] with the [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)|59th Scinde Rifles]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30781|date=5 July 1918|page=7953}}</ref> While in British India, Travers made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in the 1921/22 [[Bombay Quadrangular]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14737/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Francis Travers |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He played regularly for the Europeans during the 1920s, making fourteen appearances for them in first-class cricket.<ref name="FCM"/> He also played two first-class matches for the combined [[Europeans and Parsees cricket team]]. The first of these came against the combined [[Hindus and Muslims cricket team]] in November 1922, while the second came against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) in December 1926;<ref name="FCM"/> in that same month he also played for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] against the MCC.<ref name="FCM"/> Making seventeen appearances in first-class cricket while in British India, Travers scored 835 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 33.40, with a hogh score of 121 [[not out]].<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14737/14737.html |title=Player profile: Francis Travers |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> One of two [[century (cricket)|centuries]] he made in first-class cricket, this score came against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] in November 1925.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11735.html |title=Europeans v Muslims, Bombay Quadrangular Tournament 1925/26 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was also a competent fielding, taking 28 catches.<ref name="PRO"/>
Travers was born at [[Birkenhead]]. He played [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Cheshire County Cricket Club|Cheshire]] from 1911, making a single appearance in the [[Minor Counties Championship]] against [[Staffordshire County Cricket Club|Staffordshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14737/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Francis Travers |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He later lived in [[British India]], where he served as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] with the Scind Rifles, part of the Indian Defence Force.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30781|date=5 July 1918|page=7953}}</ref> While in British India, Travers made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in the 1921/22 [[Bombay Quadrangular]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14737/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Francis Travers |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He played regularly for the Europeans during the 1920s, making fourteen appearances for them in first-class cricket.<ref name="FCM"/> He also played two first-class matches for the combined [[Europeans and Parsees cricket team]]. The first of these came against the combined [[Hindus and Muslims cricket team]] in November 1922, while the second came against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) in December 1926;<ref name="FCM"/> in that same month he also played for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] against the MCC.<ref name="FCM"/> Making seventeen appearances in first-class cricket while in British India, Travers scored 835 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 33.40, with a high score of 121 [[not out]].<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14737/14737.html |title=Player profile: Francis Travers |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> One of two [[century (cricket)|centuries]] he made in first-class cricket, this score came against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] in November 1925.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11735.html |title=Europeans v Muslims, Bombay Quadrangular Tournament 1925/26 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was also a competent fielding, taking 28 catches.<ref name="PRO"/>


He married Emma Herman prior to 1917, with the couple having one daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p37803.htm#i378028 |title=Profile: Francis Guy Travers |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |accessdate=2019-02-28}}</ref> He returned to England at somepoint after 1928, where he died at [[Kensington]] in July 1950.{{fact|date=June 2022}}
He married Emma Herman prior to 1917, with the couple having one daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p37803.htm#i378028 |title=Profile: Francis Guy Travers |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |accessdate=2019-02-28}}</ref> He returned to England at somepoint after 1928, where he died at [[Kensington]] in July 1950.{{fact|date=June 2022}}
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Francis Travers
Personal information
Full name
Francis 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 with the Scind Rifles, part of the Indian Defence Force.[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 Europeans and Parsees cricket team. The first of these came against the combined Hindus and Muslims cricket team 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 high 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.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Francis Travers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  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 28 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Player profile: Francis Travers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Europeans v Muslims, Bombay Quadrangular Tournament 1925/26". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Profile: Francis Guy Travers". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.