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| Full name | Francis Appleyard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 1905 Clifton, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 October 1971 (aged 66) Stevenage, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1947 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1950 | MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Francis Appleyard (26 September 1905 – 12 October 1971) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was born in Clifton, Yorkshire and died in Stevenage.[1]
Appleyard began his Minor Counties career playing for Hertfordshire in 1931, and continued to play Minor Counties cricket until the outbreak of the Second World War. He made his first-class cricketing debut in 1939 for Minor Counties. During the war, Appleyard made ten appearances for a British Empire XI against various assembled teams.
Appleyard made his County Championship debut in the 1946 season, for Essex. A steady fast-medium bowler,[2] Appleyard had best bowling figures of 5 for 14. He made four further first-class appearances during 1947, a season which once again saw Essex under-perform in the County Championship and he did not play again in the County Championship beyond this season.
Appleyard made just one further first-class appearance, for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Minor Counties, in 1950.
Appleyard's sons, Peter and John, both played cricket for Hertfordshire.