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Full name | Francis George Foster | ||||||||||||||
Born | Havant, Hampshire, England | 6 November 1848||||||||||||||
Died | 10 December 1931 Earl Grey, Saskatchewan, Canada | (aged 83)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1876 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 2 March 2010 |
Francis George Foster JP (6 November 1848 — 10 December 1931) was an English first-class cricketer.
Foster was born at Havant in December 1848. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Derbyshire at Southampton in 1876. [1] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in Hampshire's first innings for 10 runs by William Mycroft, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by the same bowler. [2] Foster was a tanner in Havant, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. [3] He was active in civic life, being elected to Hampshire County Council upon its foundation in April 1889. [4] In Havant, he was chairman of both the Board of Guardians and of the Local Board, [5] in addition to serving as a justice of the peace. [6] Foster emigrated to Canada in later life, where he died in December 1931 at Earl Grey, Saskatchewan. [7]