deliveries columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor country club fivefor batting fullname birth_place column role source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls & ndash ; & ndash ; 2 11/1 48/4 1976 1984 1972 & ndash ; 1979 1967 & ndash ; & 1969 1967 & ndash ; 1987 2011 ndash ; 1978 1973 & ndash ; 4 february 1947 & ndash ; & ndash ; england minor university hertfordshire counties west minor counties minor counties south cambridge & ndash ; & ndash ; right-handed francis edward collyer brentford , middlesex , england first-class list a wicket-keeper http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11258.html cricinfo 1947 2 4 yes 96 775 & ndash ; & ndash ; & ; / 1 ndash ; / & ndash ; & ndash 5 58 francis collyer

francis collyer

francis edward collyer -lrb- born 4 february 1947 -rrb- is a former english cricketer .
collyer was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper .
he was born at brentford , middlesex .
collyer made his first-class debut for cambridge university in may 1967 against middlesex .
he made a further first-class appearance for the university in 1969 , against worcestershire .
his debut for hertfordshire came also in 1967 , against bedfordshire in the minor counties championship .
he played minor counties cricket for hertfordshire from 1967 to 1987 , making 176 minor counties championship and eleven mcca knockout trophy appearances .
his list a debut came when hertfordshire played devon in the 1969 gillette cup .
he made twelve further list a appearances for the county , the last of which came against hampshire in the 1986 natwest trophy .
in his thirteen list a appearances for hertfordshire , he scored 187 runs at an average of 17.00 , with a high score of 58 not out .
behind the stumps he took 18 catches .
he also played for a variety of combined minor counties teams .
he appeared for minor counties south in a list a match in the 1972 benson & hedges cup against hampshire .
he made seventeen further appearances for the team , the last of which came against glamorgan in the 1979 benson & hedges cup .
in his eighteen appearances for the team , he scored 180 runs at an average of 12.85 .
behind the stumps he took 14 catches and made a single stumping .
his first appearance for minor counties west came in the 1976 benson & hedges cup against gloucestershire , with collyer playing eleven further matches for the team to 1978 , scoring 170 runs at an average of 17.00 and a high score of 35 not out , while taking 7 catches .
further appearances came for the minor counties cricket team , with collyer making his debut for the team in a first-class match against the touring west indians in 1973 .
two further first-class matches for the minor counties followed , in 1974 against the touring pakistanis and in 1979 against the touring indians .
he scored 95 runs in these three matches , at an average of 23.75 , with a high score of 46 .
behind the stumps he took 9 catches .
in the 1980 benson & hedges cup against essex , collyer played his first list a match for the team .
he made fourteen further appearances in that format for the minor counties , the last of which came against nottinghamshire in the 1984 benson & hedges cup .
in his fifteen list a appearances for the minor counties , he scored 238 runs at an average of 18.30 , with a high score of 49 , while behind the stumps he took 9 catches .
