Francis Leicester Butler (25 February 1856 – 26 August 1885) was an

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first-class

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er. The son of Charles Butler, a solicitor of the

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, he was born at

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in February 1856. He studied in England at

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. While studying at Oxford, Butler made a single appearance in

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for the South in the

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match of 1877 at Hull. In a match in which he played alongside his brother,

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, he scored 3 unbeaten runs in the South's first-innings. A student of the

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, he was

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in November 1880. Butler died at

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in August 1885, having practised law primarily in Tasmania. Another brother,

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, also played first-class cricket, as did his nephew

Leo Butler Leo Butler (born 1974 in Sheffield) is a British playwright. His plays have been staged, among others, by the Royal Court, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Almeida Theatre. His plays have been published by Bloomsbury A & C Black. His 200 ...

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* 1856 births 1885 deaths Cricketers from Hobart Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple Australian cricketers North v South cricketers Australian barristers Sportspeople from the Colony of Tasmania {{Australia-cricket-bio-stub