Francis Bacon (cricketer)

Francis Hugh Bacon (24 June 1869 – 31 October 1915) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow bowler.

This article is about the cricketer. For other people with the same name, see Francis Bacon (disambiguation).

Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
Personal information
Full name
Francis Hugh Bacon
Born(1869-06-24)24 June 1869
Colombo, British Ceylon
Died31 October 1915(1915-10-31) (aged 46)
English Channel, off Calais, France
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1895–1911Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 75
Runs scored 1,909
Batting average 15.77
100s/50s 1/5
Top score 110
Balls bowled 217
Wickets 6
Bowling average 31.66
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/23
Catches/stumpings 34/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 February 2010

Career

Bacon first played for Hampshire in 1894, the season in which the county club regained its first-class status, although Bacon made no first-class appearances for the county that season. The following season Bacon made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Somerset.

Bacon played 75 first-class matches for Hampshire, with the 1903 season being his most successful 357 runs at a batting average of 18.78, with a high score of 39*. In terms of batting average, the 1906 season was Bacon's best with 308 runs at a batting average of 23.69, with three fifties and a high score of 60.

Bacon's final match for Hampshire came in the 1911 County Championship against Lancashire at Old Trafford in Manchester. In Bacon's 75 first-class matches for the county he scored 1,909 runs at a batting average of 15.77, with five half centuries and a single century which gave Bacon his highest score of 110 against Leicestershire in 1907. Bacon also took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 31.66, with best figures of 2/23.

Bacon was also a scorer in four Hampshire v Warwickshire matches in 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914.

World War I service and death

Bacon died at sea off the coast of Belgium aboard the Royal Yacht Squadron's steam yacht Aries. The ship was mined by UC-6 while on an Auxiliary Patrol near the South Goodwin Lightship on 31 October 1915. Bacon, serving as an Assistant Paymaster, died in the sinking, along with 21 others on board.[1]

References
  1. "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 1 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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