He served in the 5th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) during the First World War.
[4] By 1933, he was serving as a Church of England minister in the parish of Bishop's Hull, Saint John.
[5] Spurway made his first-class cricket for Somerset in 1920 making his highest score for the county during the second innings of the match against Oxford University, scoring 35 runs.
[6] He played regularly for the county in 1920 and 1921, appearing 12 times across the two seasons.
[8] The Spurway family had close connections with Somerset County Cricket Club; Francis' grandfather was noted in his Wisden Cricketers' Almanack obituary as being "a well-known member" of the club,[9] while his father, Edward Popham, uncle, Robert Popham and brother, Michael Vyvyan played first-class cricket for the county.