Francis Weatherby

Who was Francis Weatherby?

Francis Weatherby was an English cricketer. Weatherby was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Oatlands, Surrey and educated at Winchester College, where he played for the college cricket team.

Weatherby made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Buckinghamshire in 1902 against Berkshire. Weatherby made his first-class debut for Oxford University against the Gentlemen of England in 1904. He made 2 further first-class appearances for the university in 1904, against Somerset and Yorkshire. In his 3 first-class matches for the university, he scored 54 runs at an average of 13.50, with a high score of 24. He made a final first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University in 1905. In this match, he scored a single run in the Gentlemen first-innings, before being dismissed by Francis Henley. In their second innings, he scored 14 runs before being dismissed by Trevor Branston.

He came from a family with a strong cricketing connections. His brothers Charles and John played first-class cricket, as did his nephew John Atkinson-Clark. Weatherby died in Ettington, Warwickshire on 17 November 1969.