Francis Mugliston

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Francis Mugliston
country = England
fullname = Francis Hugh Mugliston
dayofbirth = 7
monthofbirth = 6
yearofbirth = 1886
placeofbirth = Singapore
countryofbirth = Straits Settlements
dayofdeath = 3
monthofdeath = 10
yearofdeath = 1932
placeofdeath = Mayfair, Westminster, London
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm slow-medium
role = Batsman
club1 = HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
year1 = 1909-1911
clubnumber1 =
club2 = MCC
year2 = 1910
clubnumber2 =
club3 = Lancashire
year3 = 1906-1908
clubnumber3 =
club4 = Cambridge University
year4 = 1905-1908
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 18 May
debutyear1 = 1905
debutfor1 = Cambridge University
debutagainst1 = Warwickshire
lastdate1 = 29 June
lastyear1 = 1911
lastfor1 = HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
lastagainst1 = Oxford University
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 33
runs1 = 874
bat avg1 = 16.18
100s/50s1 = 1/2
top score1 = 109
deliveries1 = balls
wickets1 = 4
bowl avg1 = 75.25
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 3/32
catches/stumpings1 = 16/0
date = 4 December
year = 1932
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31610/31610.html CricketArchive

Francis Hugh Mugliston (7 June 1886 in Singapore – 3 October 1932 in Mayfair, Westminster, London, England) was an English cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17727.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket for various teams between 1905 and 1911, mainly for Cambridge University. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31610/31610.html CricketArchive profile] ]

Career

Mugliston's first recorded cricket match was for the Straights Settlements against the Federated Malay States in February 1905. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31610/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Francis Mugliston] at CricketArchive] The same year, he made his first-class debut, playing for Cambridge University against Warwickshire and Gloucestershire, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31610/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Francis Mugliston] at CricketArchive] also playing three matches for the Lancashire Second XI that year.

He played twice more for Cambridge University in 1906, also playing two County Championship matches for Lancashire against Somerset and Sussex that year. He played several first-class matches for the University side in 1907 and 1908, gaining his blue in both years. He also represented the university at golf and football. [Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1933, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228177.html Obituaries in 1932] ]

He played his final five matches for Lancashire in 1933, following which he played first-class cricket sporadically between 1909 and 1911, including one match for the MCC.

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