Francis Booker
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Francis Booker was an English cricket
er. He was a left-handed batsman who was noted as a fine hitter of the ball and a very good outfielder.
He began playing in the 1760s and was active until 1790, making 52 known first-class appearances from 1773, mainly for Kent
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Booker was a good single wicket player and was yet another cricketing innkeeper. He kept the Soho Inn in his home village.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a left-handed batsman who was noted as a fine hitter of the ball and a very good outfielder.
He began playing in the 1760s and was active until 1790, making 52 known first-class appearances from 1773, mainly for Kent
Kent county cricket teams
Kent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
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Booker was a good single wicket player and was yet another cricketing innkeeper. He kept the Soho Inn in his home village.