Francis Gilbertson Justice Ford (14 December 1866 – 7 February 1940) was a

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er. Francis Ford was educated at Repton School and King's College, Cambridge. He played first-class cricket for

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, Cambridge and the Marylebone Cricket Club between

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and

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as a useful left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He also played five

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for England on their tour to Australia in 1894-95. Gilbert Jessop said that Ford was the most graceful of left-handed batsmen. He top scored with 191 when Cambridge University made its highest ever total of 703/9 v Sussex in 1890. His Wisden obituary said “His drives, either kept down or lifted over the bowler's head, were dazzling, and his cuts the perfection of timing. He revelled in these strokes when fast bowlers lost their length because of his punishment, and at Lord's the crowds grew enthusiastic over the way he scored from the best fast bowlers--Arthur Mold of Lancashire, Tom Richardson and Bill Lockwood of Surrey, suffered specially at his hands.” Ford, who was nicknamed "Stork" on account of his height, was part of a large cricketing family, with his father W.A., two brothers A.F.J., L.G.B.J. and W.J., a nephew

Neville Ford Neville Montague Ford (18 November 1906 – 15 June 2000) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire, Oxford University, Middlesex and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) between 1926 and 1934. Early life Ford was born at Repton, the son of th ...

, great-nephew John Barclay and uncle G.J.Ford all playing first-class cricket. His uncle was

Horace A. Ford Horace A. Ford (1822–1880) is known as one of the greatest target archery, archers of all time. Biography Ford first picked up the bow in 1845, and a mere four years later won the Grand National Archery Society, Grand National Archery Meeting ...

known as one of the greatest target archers of all time; his grandfather was George Samuel Ford.

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