Facts: - testcap: 17 - source: http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/16867.html cricinfo - onetest: true - fivefor: & ndash ; & ndash ; - country: england - birth date: 9 april 1848 - deliveries: 0 0 - columns: 2 - s/s: 0/0 2/7 - death date: 27 february 1947 - year: 1870 1875 & ndash ; 1885 1879 - name: francis mackinnon - testdebutdate: 2 january - death place: forres , scotland - birth place: paddington , england - date: 1848 4 9 yes - testdebutyear: 1879 - international: true - column: test first-class - catches/stumpings: 0 ; / & ndash ; 38 / & ndash - fullname: francis alexander mackinnon - tenfor: & ndash ; & ndash ; - matches: 1 88 - testdebutagainst: australia - batting: right-handed - runs: 5 2,310 - wickets: & ndash ; & ndash ; - club: cambridge university kent Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of francis mackinnon .
francis alexander mackinnon , the 35th mackinnon of mackinnon dl -lrb- 9 april 1848 - 27 february 1947 -rrb- was the longest-lived test cricketer until being surpassed by eric tindill of new zealand on 8 november 2009 .mackinnon , who was 98 years , 324 days old when he died , was the oldest-ever first-class cricketer at that time .mackinnon was born at acryse park , near folkestone in kent , and was educated at harrow school .an amateur cricketer , he joined the mcc in 1870 , and played first-class cricket from 1870 to 1885 .he attended st john 's college , cambridge , graduating in 1871 .he played cricket for cambridge university , winning his blue in 1870 .he played in the famous university match in 1870 , known as cobden 's match , in which cambridge 's frank cobden conceded only one run and took three wickets in the last four-ball over to win the match by two runs .mackinnon played for kent from 1875 .he toured australia with lord harris in 1878-79 , and played his only test on this tour , making 0 and 5 in his two innings , bowled by fred spofforth twice .his first dismissal was the second in the first test hat-trick .he was president of kent in 1889 .in 1888 , mackinnon married the hon. emily hood .they had one son and one daughter together .his wife died in 1934 .he was a captain in the royal kent yeomanry from 1871 to 1893 , promoted to honorary major in 1886 .he was a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for kent from 1900 to 1902 .on the death of his father in 1903 , he became the mackinnon of mackinnon , the 35th chief of the mackinnon clan .he died at his home , drumduan , in forres , morayshire , scotland .