| 词条 | Francis Roberts (cricketer) |
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Captain Francis Bernard Roberts (20 May 1882 – 8 February 1916)[1] was an English cricketer and member of the British Armed Forces who was killed in World War I. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler whose brother Arthur also played first-class cricket, Roberts was born in Nasik in India and played for Cambridge University and Gloucestershire,[2] minor county cricket for Oxfordshire and for his alma mater Magdalen College School, Oxford[1] (1894-1898) and Rossall School (1898-1901).[3] Roberts' first-class career spanned 1903 to 1914 on the outbreak of World War I, across eighty matches where he scored 2,566 runs at a batting average of 20.36 with five centuries and a best of 157. With the ball he took 88 wickets.[4] A graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge,[5] he served during the First World War as a captain in the 9th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. He was killed in February 1916 in Belgium aged thirty-three.[6][7] References1. ^1 Bebbington, David. (2014). Mister Brownrigg's Boys: Magdalen College School and The Great War. London: Pen and Sword Books. 2. ^{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32406/32406.html | title=Player Profile: Francis Roberts | publisher=CricketArchive | accessdate=21 June 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/32/32406/all_teams.html | title=Teams Played For | publisher=Cricket Archive | accessdate=21 June 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19738.html | title=Player Profile: Francis Roberts | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | accessdate=21 June 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/about-jesus-college/old-library-archives/exhibitions/first-world-war/ | title=About Jesus College > Old Library & Archives > Exhibitions > First World War | publisher=Cambridge University | accessdate=21 June 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/100376/ROBERTS,%20FRANCIS%20BERNARD | title=Francis Bernard Roberts | publisher=Commonwealth Graves Commission | accessdate=21 June 2014}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/cricketers-who-died-in-world-war-1-final-part-168151 |title=Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 5 of 5 |work=Cricket Country |accessdate=28 November 2018}} External links
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