Bruce Colin Francis (born 18 February 1948) is a former Australian

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er who played three Test matches on the Australian tour of England in 1972. Francis was a hard-hitting opening batsman, who played for

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from 1968–69 to 1972–73,

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in 1971 and 1973, and toured South Africa with the D.H. Robins XI in 1973-74 and 1974–75. A political science graduate, Francis helped Kerry Packer organise

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, became

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's private cricket coach, and later helped organise the "rebel" Australian tours to South Africa in 1985-86 and 1986–87. Francis also provided a response to the

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's ban on 34 past and present players of Australian Football League (AFL) club

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References

Sources

* Hartman, R. (2006) ''Ali: The Life of Ali Bacher'', Penguin: Johannesburg. .

External links

* 1948 births Living people Australia Test cricketers New South Wales cricketers Essex cricketers International Cavaliers cricketers Australian cricketers Cricketers from Sydney D. H. Robins' XI cricketers {{Australia-cricket-bio-1940s-stub