Francis Morice

{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{For|the English entomologist|Francis David Morice}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Francis Morice | image = | country = Canada | fullname = Francis Henry Morice | birth_date = 1851 | birth_place = La Colle, Canada East | death_date = 19 June {{death year and age|1912|1851}} | death_place = Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | club1 = Wellington | year1 = {{nowrap|1886/87–1889/90}} | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 18 | bat avg1 = 3.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 10 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | date = 14 October | year = 2011 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22519/22519.html CricketArchive }}

'''Francis Henry Morice''' (1851 – 19 June 1912) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Wellington.

Born in Canada, Morice was educated in England and Germany before moving to New Zealand in 1867.<ref name=ES>{{cite journal |title=Death of Mr. F. H. Morice |journal=Evening Star |date=19 June 1912 |page=4 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19120619.2.26}}</ref> He worked from 1872 to 1892 as a police officer. At his sudden death of heart failure he was carrying out his duties as district agent for the Public Trustee and Official Assignee in Dunedin.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Obituary |journal=Cricket |date=14 September 1912 |page=506 |url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1912/514/index.html}}</ref> He left a widow and several children.<ref name=ES/>

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