Francis Gore (cricketer)

Col. Francis William George Gore DL TD (22 June 1855 – 17 July 1938) was a British Army officer and first-class cricketer.

[3] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket when he played for I Zingari against Yorkshire in the Scarborough Festival of 1881.

[10] Gore served in the First World War, obtaining the full rank of lieutenant colonel in November 1914,[11] before reverting shortly after at his own request to the rank of major and honorary lieutenant colonel.

[12] He was again promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in January 1917, antedated to June 1916.

His brothers-in-law, Henry Milles and George Milles-Lade, both played first-class cricket.