Francis John Fitzgerald (4 July 1864 — 24 February 1939) was an Australian first-class cricketer and barrister.
His mother was Marianne O'Shanessy, daughter of John O'Shanassy who served as the Premier of Victoria on three occasions.
[1] He played minor matches for Dublin University Cricket Club, the most notable of which came against the touring Gentlemen of Philadelphia in 1884 at College Park.
[3] While studying at Dublin he played two minor matches for Ireland on their 1883 tour of England.
[5] Having been a former chairman of the Oxfordshire Appeal Tribunal,[6] his legal career concluded with Fitzgerald as recorder of Newbury in Berkshire, a post he held from 1904 to 1935.