Francis William James Bellamy (31 December 1909 – 19 June 1969) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury between 1931–32 and 1938–39 and for Otago during and immediately after World War II.[1]

Bellamy played in a total of 26 first-class matches, scoring 1,226 runs and taking 11 wickets.[2] He had his best first-class seasons in 1933–34 and 1934–35: at one stage, in five Plunket Shield matches, he scored three centuries.[3] In Canterbury's 10-wicket victory over Wellington in 1934–35 he scored 113 and 22 not out and took 5 for 31 and 1 for 39.[4] He played one first-class match for South Island in February 1935. He later played one match for Nelson in the 1948–49 Hawke Cup.[2]

Bellamy was born at Spreydon near Christchurch in December 1909. He worked as a publican. He died at Invercargill in June 1969, survived by his wife Alice and a son and a daughter.[5] An obituary was published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Francis Bellamy". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Francis Bellamy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ^ "People and Their Doings". Star: 3. 3 January 1935.
  4. ^ "Canterbury v Wellington 1934-35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Deaths". Press: 25. 20 June 1969.
  6. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 18. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy_(cricketer)
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