Francis Shand
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Francis Livingstone Shand (23 June 1855 – 5 June 1921) was an English first-class cricketer.
Shand was born at Old Charlton. He was educated at Harrow School. He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present cricket team at The Oval in 1874. Two years later, he appeared twice in first-class cricket, appearing the South in the North v South and for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the North. His final two first-class appearances came in 1889 for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University, and for A. J. Webbe's XI against Cambridge University. In six first-class matches, Shand scored 49 runs with a high score of 17, while with the ball he took 17 wickets at an average of 9.88. His best figures of 6 for 32, which was his only five wicket haul, came against Oxford University in 1889. Outside of cricket, Shand was a land proprietor in British Ceylon. He died in June 1921 at Denham, Buckinghamshire.