Francis Gilbertson Justice Ford (14 December 1866 in Paddington

Paddington

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, London

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 – 7 February 1940 in Burwash, East Sussex

Burwash, East Sussex

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, England

England

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) was a cricket

Cricket

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er.

Francis Ford was educated at Repton School

Repton School

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 and King's College, Cambridge

King's College, Cambridge

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. He played first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 for Middlesex County Cricket Club

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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, Cambridge

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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 and the Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

 between 1886

1886 English cricket season

-Events:Somerset did not play any other first-class counties and dropped out of the Championship until 1891.Hampshire ceased to be a first-class county after years of difficult circumstances and poor results. They did play matches against Surrey and Sussex in 1886 but these matches are not...

 and 1899

1899 English cricket season

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 as a useful left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He also played five Test matches

Test cricket

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 for England

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 on their tour to Australia

Australian cricket team

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 in 1894-95.

Ford, who was nicknamed "Stork" on account of his height, was part of a large cricketing family, with his father W.A. , two brothers A.F.J., L.G.B.J. and W.J., a nephew Neville Ford

Neville Ford

Neville Montague Ford was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire, Oxford University, Middlesex and MCC between 1926 and 1934....

, great-nephew John Barclay

John Barclay (cricketer)

John Robert Troutbeck Barclay was an English cricketer, who played internationally once for Hong Kong.John Barclay was born in Bonn, Germany. He was educated at Eton and was an acclaimed schoolboy cricketer...

and uncle G.J.Ford all playing first-class cricket.