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]
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| Full name | Francis William James Bellamy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1909 Spreydon, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 June 1969 (aged 59) Invercargill, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm wrist spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931/32–1938/39 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1944/45–1945/46 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 January 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
edit- ^ "Francis Bellamy". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Francis Bellamy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "People and Their Doings". Star: 3. 3 January 1935.
- ^ "Canterbury v Wellington 1934-35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Deaths". Press: 25. 20 June 1969.
- ^ 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