Francis Bateman-Champain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Francis Bateman-Champain

English cricketer for Gloucestershire and Oxford University

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1877

Place of Birth: Richmond Hill, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1942

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Francis Bateman-Champain

  • Francis Henry Bateman-Champain (17 June 1877 – 29 December 1942) was an English cricketer playing primarily for Gloucestershire and Oxford University cricket teams between 1895 and 1914.
  • A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm slow bowler, he came from a cricketing family: his brothers John, Claude and Hugh all played first-class cricket.
  • His uncles Fendall, Frederick, Robert and William Currie also played.
  • Francis played 114 matches in his career, scoring 4,677 runs at a batting average of 24.61.
  • over 3,300 of these were scored for Gloucestershire, for whom he made four of his five centuries.
  • Born in Richmond Hill, Surrey, he died in Tiverton, Devon.Bateman-Champaign was educated at Cheltenham College and Hertford College, Oxford.
  • He became a schoolteacher and taught at Wellington College and at Cheltenham College.

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