Francis Stocks, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Francis Stocks

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1873

Date of Death: 21-May-1929

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Francis Wilfrid Stocks (10 December 1873 – 21 May 1929) was an English cricketer active from 1894 to 1903 who played for Leicestershire.
He was born in Market Harborough and died in Framlingham.
He appeared in 63 first-class matches as a lefthanded batsman who bowled left arm medium pace.
He scored 834 runs with a highest score of 58 and took 208 wickets with a best performance of eight for 22.Stocks was a son of John Stocks who at that time was vicar of Market Harborough.
He was educated at Lancing College, Denstone College and New College, Oxford.
He became a schoolteacher and for thirteen years was an assistant master and house-master at Felsted School; then he was headmaster of Framlingham College 1913–1929.