Francis Gould (cricketer)

Francis Hunt Gould (16 October 1881 – 6 June 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Francis Gould

Personal information
Full name	Francis Hunt Gould
Born	16 October 1881 Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Died	16 June 1915 (aged 33) Armentières, Nord, France
Batting	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1913/14	Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 31 Batting average 31.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 27* Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 October 2020

The son of a British Army captain, he was born at Ross-on-Wye in October 1881. He was educated at Repton School.[1] After completing his education, he enlisted in the British Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment in March 1900;[2] both his parents were from Andover in Hampshire.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant in June 1902 and transferred to the Middlesex Regiment in January 1903, at which point he returned to the rank of second lieutenant.[3][4] He was re-promoted to lieutenant in December 1905.[5] Gould later served with the regiment in British India, where he played club cricket for the Ballygunge district of Calcutta.[1] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket while in India for the Europeans cricket team against the Hindus at Poona in the 1913/14 Bombay Presidency Match.[6] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 4 runs by Palwankar Baloo in the Europeans first innings, while in their second innings he was unbeaten on 27.[7]

Seven months after his promotion to captain in January 1914 the First World War began.[8] He returned home with the Middlesex Regiment, which was immediately sent to the front in France. Gould was killed on 6 June 1915 in an accident at Armentières. He is buried at the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery.[1]

References

1. McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 107. ISBN 978-1473864191.
2. "No. 27177". The London Gazette. 27 March 1900. p. 2046.
3. "No. 27454". The London Gazette. 15 July 1902. p. 4514.
4. "No. 27519". The London Gazette. 27 January 1903. p. 533.
5. "No. 27865". The London Gazette. 19 December 1905. p. 9087.
6. "First-Class Matches played by Francis Gould". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
7. "Europeans v Parsees, 1913/14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
8. "No. 28799". The London Gazette. 6 February 1914. p. 984.

External links

• Francis Gould at ESPNcricinfo