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Full name | Francis Edgar Hugonin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kensington, London, England | 16 August 1897||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 March 1967 Yorkshire, England | (aged 69)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1930-1937 | Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1927-1928 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 22 June 1927 Essex v Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 29 May 1937 Army v Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 29 December 2007 |
Francis Edgar Hugonin OBE (16 August 1897 – 5 March 1967) was an English soldier and cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for the British Army and also for Essex in 1927 and 1928.[2] He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Royal Artillery and saw active service in the Second World War, during much of which he was a prisoner of war.