Richard Francis
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Richard Francis (dates unknown) was a famous English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club.
Francis is known to have been a Surrey man by birth and he had played for Surrey teams before moving to Hampshire. He made 47 known first-class appearances from 1773 until 1793.
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- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
- Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
- The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
- The Glory Days of Cricket by Ashley Mote (GDC)
- John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time" by Ashley Mote