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Francis Bateman-Champain

Francis Bateman-Champain
Personal information
Full name Francis Henry Bateman-Champain
Born (1877-06-17)17 June 1877
Richmond Hill, Surrey, United Kingdom
Died 29 December 1942(1942-12-29) (aged 65)
Tiverton, Devon, United Kingdom
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm slow
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
Years Team
1895-1914 Gloucestershire
1897-1900 Oxford University
First Class debut 8 August 1895 Gloucestershire v Middlesex
Last First Class 31 August 1914 Gloucestershire v Surrey
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 114
Runs scored 4677
Batting average 24.61
100s/50s 5/24
Top score 149
Balls bowled 815
Wickets 17
Bowling average 24.58
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/62
Catches/stumpings 100/-
Source: Cricket Archive, 1 May 2014

Francis Henry Bateman-Champain (17 June 1877 – 29 December 1942) was an English cricketer playing primarily for Gloucestershire and Oxford University cricket teams between 1895 and 1914. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm slow bowler, he came from a cricketing family: his brothers John, Claude and Hugh all played first class cricket. His uncles Fendall, Frederick, Robert and William Currie also played. Francis played 114 matches in his career, scoring 4,677 runs at a batting average of 24.61. over 3,300 of these were scored for Gloucestershire, for whom he made four of his five centuries. Born in Richmond Hill, Surrey, he died in Tiverton, Devon.


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