Francis Hunt Gould (16 October 1881 – 6 June 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Francis Hunt Gould | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 1881 Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 June 1915 (aged 33) Armentières, Nord, France | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1913/14 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 October 2020 | |||||||||||||||
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 (Militia) battalion of the 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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "No. 27177". The London Gazette. 27 March 1900. p. 2046.
- ^ "No. 27454". The London Gazette. 15 July 1902. p. 4514.
- ^ "No. 27519". The London Gazette. 27 January 1903. p. 533.
- ^ "No. 27865". The London Gazette. 19 December 1905. p. 9087.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Francis Gould". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Europeans v Parsees, 1913/14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "No. 28799". The London Gazette. 6 February 1914. p. 984.