Final Matches
The West Indies visited England again in 1933 and two trial matches were held in the Caribbean early in the year to select the side. Francis played in the second of these and took five wickets for 38 runs in the first innings and one for 17 in the second. These figures were not enough, however, to earn him selection and he joined Radcliffe in the Bolton Cricket League as a professional for both the 1933 and 1934 seasons, following on from one of the pioneers of black cricket in England, Charles Llewellyn. The tour organisers hoped that Constantine, who was playing Lancashire League cricket with Nelson, would be released from his contract for big matches; when Constantine was not released for the first Test match at Lord's, Francis was drafted in from Radcliffe to open the bowling with Manny Martindale. Francis failed to take a wicket in the match and, according to Wisden, "had lost something of his pace and nip off the pitch". He was not called on again, and the Test match proved to be his last game in first-class cricket.
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