Francis Slaven

{{short description|Zimbabwean cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| fullname = Francis Ferguson Slaven

| birth_date = 3 March 1931

| birth_place = Bulawayo, Matabeleland,
Southern Rhodesia

| death_date = September 2007 (aged 76)

| death_place = Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe

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| family = Michael Slaven (brother)

| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1955

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 13

| bat avg1 = 6.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 13

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 2 July

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20809.html Cricinfo

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Francis Ferguson Slaven (3 March 1931 – September 2007) was a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer and conveyancer.

Slaven was born at Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia in March 1931. He later studied in England at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32810/32810.html |title=Player profile: Francis Slaven |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-07-02 |url-access=subscription}} While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Gloucestershire and Lancashire at Oxford in 1955.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32810/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Francis Slaven |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-07-02 |url-access=subscription}}

After graduating from Oxford, he returned to Southern Rhodesia where he became a conveyancer.{{cite web|url=https://coghlanandwelsh.com/about-us/ |title=What We Do |publisher=www.coghlanandwelsh.com |accessdate=2020-07-02}} Slaven died at Bulawayo in September 2007.{{cite news|url=https://www.morningmirror.africanherd.com/mirrors/mirror258.htm |title=Condolences |date=2007-10-04 |work=Morning Mirror |edition=258 |accessdate=2020-07-02}} His brother, Michael, also played first-class cricket.