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Full name | Francis Livingstone Shand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 23 June 1855 Charlton, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 June 1921 65) Denham, Buckinghamshire, England | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 June 2019 |
Francis Livingstone Shand (23 June 1855 – 5 June 1921) was an English first-class cricketer.
Shand was born at Old Charlton. He was educated at Harrow School.[1] He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present cricket team at The Oval in 1874.[2] Two years later, he appeared twice in first-class cricket, appearing the South in the North v South and for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the North.[2] His final two first-class appearances came in 1889 for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University, and for A. J. Webbe's XI against Cambridge University.[2] In six first-class matches, Shand scored 49 runs with a high score of 17, while with the ball he took 17 wickets at an average of 9.88.[3] His best figures of 6 for 32, which was his only five wicket haul, came against Oxford University in 1889.[4] Outside of cricket, Shand was a land proprietor in British Ceylon.[1] He died in June 1921 at Denham, Buckinghamshire.
References
- 1 2 Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1801–1893. Longmans, Green. p. 384.
- 1 2 3 "First-Class Matches played by Francis Shand". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ↑ "Player profile: Francis Shand". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ↑ "Oxford University v Gentlemen of England, 1889". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2019.