- Francis Fee
Infobox Old Cricketer
nationality = Irish
country = Ireland
country abbrev = Ire
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
name = Francis Fee
batting style = Right-handedbatsman
bowling style = Right-arm medium-pace/off spin
FCs = 5
FC runs = 57
FC bat avg = 8.14
FC 100s/50s = 0/0
FC top score = 15*
FC balls = 1082
FC wickets = 37
FC bowl avg = 9.62
FC 5s = 3
FC 10s = 2
FC best bowling = 9/26
FC catches/stumpings = 4/0
debut date = 1 September
debut year = 1956
last date = 12 August
last year = 1959
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26745/26745.html Cricket ArchiveFrancis Fee (born
14 May 1934 inBelfast ,Northern Ireland [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26745/26745.html Cricket Archive profile] ] ) also known as Frank Fee [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire90.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] ] is a former Irishcricket er.A right-handed
batsman and right arm medium-pace andoff spin bowler, he made his debut for theIreland cricket team against Sussex in August 1956, and went on to play for them on 13 occasions, his last match coming against Leicestershire in August 1959.Of his matches for Ireland, five had first-class status. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26745/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Francis Fee at Cricket Archive] ] In all matches, he scored 132 runs at an average of 8.25, with a top score of 31 against New Zealand in July 1958. He took 58 wickets at an average of 12.57, with best bowling figures of 9/26 against Scotland in July 1957.
His figures of 9/26 against Scotland are the best innings bowling figures for Ireland where the number of runs conceded is known. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/irer24.htm Best bowling in an innings in all matches for Ireland at CricketEurope Stats Zone] - The figures of 9/0 in this list come from a time in which the runs conceded by a bowler were not usually recorded.] It is one of only four occasions in which an Irish bowler has taken nine wickets in an innings [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/irer24.htm Best bowling in an innings in all matches for Ireland at CricketEurope Stats Zone] ] and one of only two occasions it has been done for Ireland in first-class cricket. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandfirstclass/irer24.htm Best bowling in an innings for Ireland in First-class matches at CricketEurope Stats Zone] ] His first-class bowling average of 9.62 is the best for Ireland in first-class cricket. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandfirstclass/irer27.htm Best bowling averages for Ireland in first-class cricket at CricketEurope Stats Zone] ]
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