Francis MacKinnon

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Francis MacKinnon England (Eng)

Batting style	Right-hand bat (LHB)
Bowling type
	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	88
Runs scored	5	2,310
Batting average	2.50	15.71
100s/50s	0/0	2/7
Top score	5	115
Balls bowled	0	0
Wickets	0	0
Bowling average	n/a	n/a
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	n/a	n/a
Catches/stumpings	0/0	38/0
Test debut: 2 January 1879 Last Test: 4 January 1879 Source: [1]

Francis Alexander MacKinnon, The 35th MacKinnon of MacKinnon (born 9 April 1848 in London, England; died 27 February 1947 in Morayshire, Scotland) is the longest-lived Test cricketer, by some three years. He was 98 years, 324 days old when he died. He was the oldest-ever first-class cricketer on his death.

MacKinnon was an amateur cricketer who played for Cambridge University and, from 1875 for Kent. In 1878/9 he toured Australia with Lord Harris. It was on this tour that he played his only Test, making a 5 and a 0 in his two innings.

In 1888 MacKinnon married the eldest daughter of Admiral, First Baron Hood, the Hon. Emily Hood, who died in 1934. They had one son and one daughter together. He was president of Kent in 1889. In 1903 he became The MacKinnon of Mackinnon, the 35th Chief Of The Mackinnon Clan, on the death of his father.