Francis McHugh
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| Batting style | Right-hand tail-end batsman |
| Bowling type | Right-arm fast-medium |
| First-class record | |
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| Matches | 95 |
| Runs scored | 179 |
| Batting average | 2.63 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 |
| Top score | 18 |
| Balls bowled | 15877 |
| Wickets | 276 |
| Bowling average | 24.84 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 15 |
| 10 wickets in match | 4 |
| Best Bowling | 7-32 |
| Catches/Stumpings | 26/0 |
| First class debut: 25 May 1949 Last first class game: 13 June 1956 Source: CricketArchive |
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Francis Prest McHugh is a first class cricketer who played three games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1949 and 92 matches for Gloucestershire CCC from 1952 to 1956.
A right arm fast medium bowler, he took 276 wickets at just 24.84 with a best of 7 for 32 for Gloucestershire against his native county. He took 5 wickets in an innings 15 times and 10 wickets in a match on 4 occasions.
He had no pretensions as a right handed tail ender though, averaging just 2.63 having scored 179 runs in 111 innings with a top score of 18.
He was born on November 15, 1925 in Burmantofts, Leeds.
