Francis Gould (cricketer)

Francis Gould
Personal information
Full name
Francis Hunt Gould
Born16 October 1881
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire,
England
Died16 June 1915(1915-06-16) (aged 33)
Armentières, Nord, France
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1913/14Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 31
Batting average 31.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 27*
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 October 2020

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.[1] 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;[2] both his parents were from Andover in Hampshire.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant in June 1902, and transferred to a posting with the regular army in the Middlesex Regiment in January 1903, at which point he returned to the rank of second lieutenant.[3][4] He was re-promoted to lieutenant in December 1905.[5] Gould later served with the regiment in British India, where he played club cricket for the Ballygunge district of Calcutta.[1] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket while in India for the Europeans cricket team against the Hindus at Poona in the 1913/14 Bombay Presidency Match.[6] 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.[7]

Seven months after his promotion to captain in January 1914 the First World War began.[8] 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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 107. ISBN 978-1473864191.
  2. ^ "No. 27177". The London Gazette. 27 March 1900. p. 2046.
  3. ^ "No. 27454". The London Gazette. 15 July 1902. p. 4514.
  4. ^ "No. 27519". The London Gazette. 27 January 1903. p. 533.
  5. ^ "No. 27865". The London Gazette. 19 December 1905. p. 9087.
  6. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Francis Gould". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Europeans v Parsees, 1913/14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  8. ^ "No. 28799". The London Gazette. 6 February 1914. p. 984.