deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings family year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting fullname birth_place column source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls & ndash ; 8 january 1924 1 3 / & ndash ; george -rrb- whitfeld -lrb- son -rrb- herbert whitfeld -lrb- brother 1878 2012 23 may 1852 unknown & ndash ; england lewes , sussex , england sussex & ndash ; unknown francis barry whitfeld hamsey , sussex , england first-class http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22941.html cricinfo 1852 5 23 yes 7 & ndash ; & ndash ; / & ndash ; 2 francis whitfeld

francis whitfeld

francis barry whitfeld -lrb- 23 may 1852 -- 8 january 1924 -rrb- was an english cricketer .
whitfeld 's batting and bowling styles are unknown .
he was born at hamsey , sussex .
whitfeld made a single first-class appearance for sussex against the touring australians at the county ground , hove , in 1878 .
in this match , whitfeld was dismissed for a single run in sussex 's first-innings by frederick spofforth , while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by the same bowler .
he later made a second first-class appearance , this time for gn wyatt 's xi against the australians at the united services recreation ground , portsmouth in 1886 .
whitfeld scored 5 runs in the team 's first-innings , before once again falling to the bowling of spofforth , while in their second-innings he made a single run , before being dismissed by eugene palmer .
he died at lewes , sussex , on 8 january 1924 .
his son , george , played first-class cricket for sussex .
his brother , herbert , also played first-class cricket for the county , as well as being a two-time fa cup winner with the old etonians .
