Francis Bateman-Champain

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Francis Bateman-Champain

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| country = England

| fullname = Francis Henry Bateman-Champain

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1877|06|17}}

| birth_place = Richmond Hill, Surrey, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1942|12|29|1877|06|17}}

| death_place = Tiverton, Devon, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm slow

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Gloucestershire

| year1 = {{nowrap|1895–1914}}

| club2 = Oxford University

| year2 = 1897–1900

| type1 = First-class

| debutdate1 = 8 August

| debutyear1 = 1895

| debutfor1 = Gloucestershire

| debutagainst1 = Middlesex

| lastdate1 = 31 August

| lastyear1 = 1914

| lastfor1 = Gloucestershire

| lastagainst1 = Surrey

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 114

| runs1 = 4,677

| bat avg1 = 24.61

| 100s/50s1 = 5/24

| top score1 = 149

| deliveries1 = 815

| wickets1 = 17

| bowl avg1 = 24.58

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 6/62

| catches/stumpings1 = 100/–

| date = 1 May

| year = 2014

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Players/27/27745/27745.html CricketArchive

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Francis Henry Bateman-Champain (17 June 1877 – 29 December 1942) was an English cricketer playing primarily for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and Oxford University Cricket Club between 1895 and 1914.{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9596.html | title=Player Profile: Francis Bateman-Champain | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | accessdate=1 May 2014}} A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm slow bowler, he came from a cricketing family: his brothers John, Claude and Hugh all played first-class cricket. His uncles Fendall, Frederick, Robert and William Currie also played.{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/27/27745/27745.html | title=Player Profile: Francis Bateman-Champain | publisher=Cricket Archive | accessdate=1 May 2014}} Francis played 114 matches in his career, scoring 4,677 runs at a batting average of 24.61. over 3,300 of these were scored for Gloucestershire, for whom he made four of his five centuries.{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27745/f_Batting_by_Team.html | title=FC Statistics By Team - Batting | publisher=Cricket Archive | accessdate=1 May 2014}} Born in Richmond Hill, Surrey, he died in Tiverton, Devon.