Richard Thomson (cricketer)
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| Full name | Richard Harry Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 October 1938 Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England |
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| Batting style | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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]
