Francis Gould

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

The son of a British Army captain, he was born at Ross-on-Wye in October 1881. He was educated at Repton School. After completing his education, he enlisted in the British Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 3rd (Hampshire Militia) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, in March 1900; both his parents were from Andover in Hampshire. He was re-promoted to lieutenant in December 1905. Gould later served with the regiment in British India, where he played club cricket for the Ballygunge district of Calcutta. 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.

Seven months after his promotion to captain in January 1914 the First World War began. 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.