Kenneth Bruce Thomas (born 5 October 1942) is an Australian former

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er. He played 13

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matches for

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between 1966 and 1970. Thomas was a right-handed opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler. His best season was 1966–67, when he scored 421 runs at an average of 38.27 to help Victoria win the

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. He made his highest score of 66 against

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in 1968–69, when he and

Ken Eastwood Kenneth Humphrey Eastwood (born 23 November 1935) is a former Australian cricketer who played one Test in 1971. A left-handed opening batsman, Ken Eastwood played first-class cricket for Victoria from 1959–60 to 1971–72. In 1969–70, when ...

put on 131 for the opening partnership. Thomas played district cricket in the Victorian Cricket Association for Hawthorn-East Melbourne from 1961–62 to 1978–79. The annual batting prize for its successor club, Kingston Hawthorn, is the Bruce Thomas Trophy.''Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club Annual & Financial Report''
2018–19, p. 24.

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