Francis Appleyard
Personal information
Full name
Francis Appleyard
Born(1905-09-26)26 September 1905
Clifton, Yorkshire, England
Died12 October 1971(1971-10-12) (aged 66)
Stevenage, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946–1947Essex
1946–1950MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 18
Runs scored 74
Batting average 6.72
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 15*
Balls bowled 2,951
Wickets 30
Bowling average 40.33
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/14
Catches/stumpings 12/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2008

Francis Appleyard (26 September 1905 – 12 October 1971) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was born in Clifton, Yorkshire and died in Stevenage.[1]

Appleyard began his Minor Counties career playing for Hertfordshire in 1931, and continued to play Minor Counties cricket until the outbreak of the Second World War. He made his first-class cricketing debut in 1939 for Minor Counties. During the war, Appleyard made ten appearances for a British Empire XI against various assembled teams.

Appleyard made his County Championship debut in the 1946 season, for Essex. A steady fast-medium bowler,[2] Appleyard had best bowling figures of 5 for 14. He made four further first-class appearances during 1947, a season which once again saw Essex under-perform in the County Championship and he did not play again in the County Championship beyond this season.

Appleyard made just one further first-class appearance, for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Minor Counties, in 1950.

Appleyard's sons, Peter and John, both played cricket for Hertfordshire.

References

  1. ↑ "Francis Appleyard". ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. ↑ "Obituaries in 1971". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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