Francis Henry Morice (1851 in

La Colle La Colle ( 1736 – 1742) was a Monsoni (a branch of the Ojibwa ) chief who is known in Canadian history for this period because of the writings of La Vérendrye. In the fall of 1731, construction began on Fort St. Pierre at the west end of ...

, Canada – 19 June 1912 in

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) was a New Zealand

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He played 4 first-class matches for

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. Born in Canada, Morice was educated in England and Germany before moving to New Zealand in 1867. He worked from 1872 to 1892 as a police officer. At his sudden death of heart failure he was carrying out his duties as district agent for the

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and Official Assignee in Dunedin. He left a widow and several children.

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