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Full name | Richard Harry Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England | 19 October 1938||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961–1962 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,3 January 2012 |
Richard Harry Thomson (born 19 October 1938) is a former English cricketer. Thomson was a left-handed batsman. He was born at Bexhill-on-Sea,Sussex.
Thomson made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Lancashire in 1961. He made 22 further first-class appearances for the university,the last of which came against Oxford University in the 1962 University Match at Lord's. [1] In his 23 first-class matches for the university,he scored a total of 853 runs at an average of 21.87,with a high score of 84. [2] This score was one of five half centuries he made for the university and came against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1962. [3] He also played two first-class matches for his native Sussex in the 1961 County Championship,against Leicestershire at Manor Sports Ground,Worthing and Worcestershire at the County Ground,Hove. [1] He had little success in these two matches,scoring a total of 30 runs at an average of 7.50,with a high score of 21. [2]
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