Francis Street (cricketer)

Francis Street

Personal information
Full name	Francis Edward Street
Born	16 February 1851 Hampstead, Middlesex, England
Died	4 June 1928 (aged 77) Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Batting style	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1875–1877	Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 4 Runs scored 21 Batting average 3.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 12 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 June 2014

Francis Edward Street (16 February 1851 – 4 June 1928) was an English cricketer active in the mid 1870s. Born at Hampstead, Middlesex, Street was a right-handed batsman who made four apperarances in first-class cricket.

Street played cricket while attending Uppingham School,^[1] before making his first-class debut came for Kent against Derbyshire in 1875, with him making two further appearances in that season against Sussex and Derbyshire. He made a fourth and final first-class appearance in 1877 against Nottinghamshire.^[2] Street had little success in his four appearances, scoring just 21 runs, with a high score of 12.^[3] He was described in Scores and Biographies as "A promising bat and good field, generally taking long-leg or cover-point."^[4]

He later moved to Australia, dying there at Armidale, New South Wales on 4 June 1928.

References

1. "Teams Francis Street played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Francis Street". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Francis Street". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
4. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1928". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

External links

• Francis Street at ESPNcricinfo
• Francis Street at CricketArchive