Francis Lacey
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman |
| Bowling type | Right-arm slow round-arm |
| First-class record | |
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| Matches | 50 |
| Runs scored | 2589 |
| Batting average | 32.77 |
| 100s/50s | 4/12 |
| Top score | 211 |
| Balls bowled | 2234 |
| Wickets | 52 |
| Bowling average | 21.59 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 |
| Best Bowling | 7-149 |
| Catches/Stumpings | 34/- |
| First class debut: 14 June 1880 Last first class game: 26 August 1897 Source: CricketArchive |
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Sir Francis Eden Lacey (born October 19, 1859 at Wareham, Dorset; died May 26, 1946, Sutton-Veny House, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire) was the first man ever to be knighted for services to cricket, on retiring as Secretary of MCC, a post which he held from 1898 to 1926. As Secretary, he initiated many important reforms. He was subsequently a Trustee of the club from 1926 until his death.
He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow round-arm bowler. He played both football and cricket for Cambridge University, obtaining a Blue for football in 1881 and for cricket in 1882. Most of his cricket, in a first-class career lasting from 1880 to 1897, was played for Hampshire. He was their captain from 1888 to 1889, and President in 1927-8. Hampshire were not admitted to the County Championship until 1895, prior to which they played comparatively few first-class matches. He therefore played only 50 first-class games during his long career, scoring 2589 runs at an average of 32.77, with four hundreds and a highest score of 211 against Kent in 1884. He took 52 wickets at 21.59, with best innings figures of 7/149. He scored 323* for Hampshire against Norfolk in 1887 in a non first-class fixture, which remains the highest score ever made in a Minor Counties match.
He was a barrister by profession.
[edit] References
- Barclay's World of Cricket - 2nd Edition, 1980, Collins Publishers, ISBN 0-00-216349-7
