Eric Thompson (6 October 1938 – 4 September 1992) was a Scottish

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He played in sixteen first-class matches between 1965 and 1974. He was one of only two cricketers to represent Scotland who were born on the

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. In May 2019, he was inducted into Cricket Scotland's Hall of Fame.

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* 1938 births 1992 deaths Scottish cricketers Place of birth missing {{Scotland-cricket-bio-stub