Alexander William Thompson (1916-2001) was an English cricketer active from 1939 to 1955 who played for

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in 202 matches as a right-handed

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and occasional

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Notable Achievements

* Thompson scored 7,915 runs in first-class cricket with a highest score of 158, one of five centuries.Alec Thompson at CricketArchive
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in 1946. * In 1947, he was a member of the Middlesex team that won the

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Early life

Thompson was born in Toxteth Park,

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, on 17 April 1916.

Death

Thompson died in

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on 13 January 2001.

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