Francis Travers

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

Francis Travers

Personal information
Full name	Francis Guy Travers
Born	7 November 1882 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
Died	5 July 1950 (aged 67) Kensington, London, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1911	Cheshire
1920/21–1928/29	Europeans
1926/27	Bombay
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

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 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 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. "First-Class Matches played by Francis Travers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
4. "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.

External links

• Francis Travers at ESPNcricinfo