Cyril Francois
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| Full name | Cyril Matthew Francois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 June 1897 Lewisham, Kent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 May 1944 (aged 46) Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1920-21 to 1927-28 | Griqualand West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cyril Matthew Francois (20 June 1897 – 26 May 1944) was a South African cricketer who played in five Tests in 1922–23.[1]
Francois was a right-handed batsman who began his first-class cricket career as a lower-order batsman but progressed to become a middle-order player and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
He died in a motor accident near Pretoria in 1944.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cyril Francois". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Wisden Obituaries, 1944". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- Cyril Francois at ESPNcricinfo
- Cyril Francois at CricketArchive
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