Francis Butler (cricketer)

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Francis Butler
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Personal information
Full name
Francis Leicester Butler
Born28 February 1856
Battery Point, Colony of Tasmania
Died26 August 1885(1885-08-26) (aged 29)
Westminster, London, England
BattingUnknown
RelationsCharles Butler(brother)
Edward Butler (brother)
Leo Butler (nephew)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 3
Batting average
100s/50s –/–
Top score 3*
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 August 2019

Francis Leicester Butler (25 February 1856 – 26 August 1885) was an Australian first-class cricketer.

The son of Charles Butler, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, he was born at Battery Point in Hobart in February 1856.[1] He studied in England at St John's College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, Butler made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the South in the North v South match of 1877 at Hull.[3] In a match in which he played alongside his brother, Edward, he scored 3 unbeaten runs in the South's first-innings.[4] A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in November 1880.[1] Butler died at Westminster in August 1885, having practised law primarily in Tasmania.[5] Another brother, Charles, also played first-class cricket, as did his nephew Leo Butler.

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