James Scott Thompson (born 11 March 1991) is an
English former first-class
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.
Jamie was born at
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
in March 1991. He was educated at
Hurstpierpoint College, before going up to
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic (United Kingdom), Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and High ...
. While studying at Oxford Brookes, he made two appearances in
first-class cricket for
Oxford MCCU
Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, has always held first-class status since 1827 when it made its debut in the inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC). ...
, playing against
Glamorgan
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* West Glamorgan
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and
Worcestershire at
Oxford in 2012 and 2013 respectively. He scored 32 runs in his two matches, in addition to taking a single wicket, that of Glamorgan's
Ben Wright.
After graduating from Oxford Brookes, Thompson became an
osteopath. He has worked in his capacity for both
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Middlesex which has effectively been subsumed within the ceremonial ...
and
Tottenham Hotspur.
Notes and references
External links
1991 births
Living people
Cricketers from Shrewsbury
People educated at Hurstpierpoint College
Alumni of Oxford Brookes University
English cricketers
Oxford MCCU cricketers
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