Bruce Francis

Bruce Francis

Personal information
Full name	Bruce Colin Francis
Born	(1948-02-18) 18 February 1948 Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 258)	8 June 1972 v England
Last Test	13 July 1972 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1968/69-1974/75	New South Wales
1971 & 1973	Essex
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class LA Matches 3 109 50 Runs scored 52 6183 1326 Batting average 10.40 33.97 30.13 100s/50s -/- 13/31 2/6 Top score 27 210 107 Balls bowled - 17 - Wickets - 1 - Bowling average - 15.00 - 5 wickets in innings - - - 10 wickets in match - - - Best bowling - 1/10 - Catches/stumpings 1/- 42/- 11/-
Source: Cricinfo, 1 March 2019

Bruce Colin Francis (born 18 February 1948, Mosman, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer who played three Tests on the Australian tour of England in 1972.

Francis was a hard-hitting opening batsman, who played for New South Wales from 1968-69 to 1972-73, Essex in 1971 and 1973, and toured South Africa with the D.H. Robins XI in 1973-74 and 1974-75.

A political science graduate, Francis helped Kerry Packer organise World Series Cricket, became James Packer's private cricket coach, and later helped organise the "rebel" Australian tours to South Africa in 1985-86 and 1986-87.

Francis also provided a response to the World Anti-Doping Agency's ban on 34 past and present players of Australian Football League (AFL) club Essendon.

See also

• List of New South Wales representative cricketers

Sources

• Hartman, R. (2006) Ali: The Life of Ali Bacher, Penguin: Johannesburg. ISBN 9780143025160.

External links

• Bruce Francis at Cricket Archive
• Bruce Francis at Cricinfo