Francis McNamara

Who was Francis McNamara?

Francis Knyvett McNamara was an English cricketer. McNamara was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born at Mussoorie in the British Raj, and was educated at Marlborough College.

McNamara made a single first-class appearance for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1952. In a match which Cambridge University won by an innings and 89 runs, he made scores of 16 opening the batting in the Free Foresters first-innings, before he was dismissed caught and bowled by John Warr, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by Charles Kenny. This was his only first-class appearance.

He died at Worthing, Sussex on 7 January 1992.