About Francis Shand
Lived 1855 – 1921 (aged 65). Francis Shand was a cricketer.
Francis Livingstone Shand (23 June 1855 – 5 June 1921) was an English first-class cricketer.
Shand was born at Old Charlton. He was educated at Harrow School. He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present cricket team at The Oval in 1874. Two years later, he appeared twice in first-class cricket, appearing the South in the North v South and for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the North. His best figures of 6 for 32, which was his only five wicket haul, came against Oxford University in 1889. Outside of cricket, Shand was a land proprietor in British Ceylon. He died in June 1921 at Denham, Buckinghamshire.
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Who was Francis Shand?
(1855-1921)
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Francis Shand was born on 23 June 1855 in Charlton.
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Francis Shand died on 5 June 1921 in Denham.
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Francis Shand was a cricketer.
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