Tiny Francis
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Murray Godfred "Tiny" Francis (26 August 1907 – 2 August 1961) was a South African rugby union player, first-class cricketer and hockey player.[1][2]
Rugby union career
Francis was born in
British touring side of 1938.[citation needed] During the period 1932 to 1936, he spent in Cape Town, where he played club rugby for Gardens and Hamiltons.[3]
Francis toured with the
Springboks to Britain and Ireland in 1931.[4] He was the understudy to the team captain, Bennie Osler and did not play in any test matches, but did play in 8 tour matches. He scored 18 points for the Springboks during the tour, which included 1 try, 4 conversions, 1 penalty goal and 1 drop goal.[1]
Cricket career
Francis played first-class cricket for
Western Province.[5] He played 29 first-class matches and scored 1747 runs at an average of 35.65, with a high score of 125. He also took 18 wickets with a best of 5/50.[2]
See also
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 218
References
- ^ ISBN 9780620872041.
- ^ a b "Murray Francis". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "History". Hamilton SP RFC. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Springbok Rugby Tests".
- OCLC 122317315.