Francis Butler (cricketer)

Francis Leicester Butler (25 February 1856 – 26 August 1885) was an Australian first-class cricketer.

The son of Charles Butler, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, he was born at Battery Point in Hobart in February 1856.[1] He studied in England at St John's College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, Butler made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the South in the North v South match of 1877 at Hull.[3] In a match in which he played alongside his brother, Edward, he scored 3 unbeaten runs in the South's first-innings.[4] A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in November 1880.[1] Butler died at Westminster in August 1885, having practised law primarily in Tasmania.[5] Another brother, Charles, also played first-class cricket, as did his nephew Leo Butler.