Bruce Francis
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Bruce Colin Francis (born 18 February 1948, Mosman, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer who played three Tests on the Australian tour of England in 1972.
Francis was a hard-hitting opening batsman, who played for New South Wales from 1968-69 to 1972-73, Essex in 1971 and 1973, and toured South Africa with the D.H. Robins XI in 1973-74 and 1974-75.
A political science graduate, he helped Kerry Packer organise World Series Cricket, became James Packer's private cricket coach, and later helped organise the "rebel" Australian tours to South Africa in 1985-86 and 1986-87.[1]
In later life Bruce has taken on a role of every man lawyer much like Erin Brokovich, doing his up most for standing up for those people who have suffered a great injustice at the hand of the government machine. Most notably to this end his totally unbiased work on behalf of the wrongly convicted members of the Essendon Football Club [2]
References
- ↑ Rodney Hartman, Ali: The Life of Ali Bacher, Penguin, Johannesburg, 2006, pp. 234-43.
- ↑ http://twitdoc.com/view.asp?id=247016&sid=5ALK&ext=PDF&lcl=CAS-Strands-Response-BFrancis-2Feb2016.pdf&usr=TheGovernorSM&doc=298340936&key=key-uL85v05WrSIDcL70evXZ
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