Francis Bacon (cricketer)

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

Personal information

Full name

Francis Hugh Bacon

Born

24 June 1869
Colombo, British Ceylon

Died

31 October 1915 (aged 46)
At sea, off the coast of Belgium

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm slow

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1895–1897, 1903–1909 & 1911

Hampshire

Career statistics

Competition	FC
Matches	75
Runs scored	1,909
Batting average	15.77
100s/50s	1/5
Top score	110
Balls bowled	217
Wickets	6
Bowling average	31.66
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	2/23
Catches/stumpings	34/–

Source: Cricinfo, 17 February 2010

Francis Hugh Bacon (24 June 1869 – 31 October 1915) was an English cricketer. Bacon was a right-handed batsman who was a right-arm slow bowler.

Career

Bacon first played for Hampshire in 1894, the season in which the county club regained its first-class status, although Bacon made no first-class appearances for the county that season. The following season Bacon made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Somerset.

Bacon played 75 first-class matches for Hampshire, with the 1903 season being his most successful 357 runs at a batting average of 18.78, with a high score of 39*. In terms of batting average, the 1906 season was Bacon's best with 308 runs at a batting average of 23.69, with three fifties and a high score of 60.

Bacon's final match for Hampshire came in the 1911 County Championship against Lancashire at Old Trafford in Manchester. In Bacon's 75 first-class matches for the county he scored 1,909 runs at a batting average of 15.77, with five half centuries and a single century which gave Bacon his highest score of 110 against Leicestershire in 1907. Bacon also took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 31.66, with best figures of 2/23.

Bacon was also a scorer in four Hampshire v Warwickshire matches in 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914.

World War I service and death

Bacon died at sea off the coast of Belgium aboard the Royal Yacht Squadron's steam yacht Aries, when the ship was hit by a sea mine while on an Auxiliary Patrol near the South Goodwin Lightship on 31 October 1915.

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