Francis Butler (cricketer)

Francis Leicester Butler (25 February 1856 – 26 August 1885) was an Australian first-class cricketer.

Francis Butler

Personal information
Full name	Francis Leicester Butler
Born	28 February 1856 Battery Point, Colony of Tasmania
Died	26 August 1885(1885-08-26) (aged 29) Westminster, London, England
Batting	Unknown
Relations	Charles Butler(brother) Edward Butler (brother) Leo Butler (nephew)
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 3 Batting average – 100s/50s –/– Top score 3* Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 August 2019

The son of Charles Butler, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, he was born at Battery Point in Hobart in February 1856.^[1] He studied in England at St John's College, Oxford.^[2] While studying at Oxford, Butler made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the South in the North v South match of 1877 at Hull.^[3] In a match in which he played alongside his brother, Edward, he scored 3 unbeaten runs in the South's first-innings.^[4] A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in November 1880.^[1] Butler died at Westminster in August 1885, having practised law primarily in Tasmania.^[5] Another brother, Charles, also played first-class cricket, as did his nephew Leo Butler.