Ronald Stanley Thresher (31 December 1930 – 2 May 2013), known as Ron Thresher, was an English

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er who played five

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matches between 1957 and 1958. Thresher was born at

Tonbridge Tonbridge ( ) is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west of Maidstone and south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Malling, it had an estimated population ...

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and educated at

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where he played cricket.Ronald Thresher

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. Retrieved 2018-12-07.Obituaries in ''Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2014''. Canterbury:

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. Reprinted in ''The Old Maidstonian'', no.14, autumn 2014, p.17.
Available online
Retrieved 2018-12-07.) A fast bowler, Thresher was described as a bowler who "often terrorised schoolboy batsmen". He pursued a career as a banker in

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, playing cricket for Private Banks Cricket Club and, as a result of his performances, in 1952 was selected for the Club Cricket Conference, winning his CCC cap in 1956.Club Cricket Conference Numbered Caps List
Club Cricket Conference. Retrieved 2018-12-07. Thresher made his debut for

's Second XI in 1957 and, after taking eight wickets against Middlesex Seconds XI at

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, he made his first-class debut for the county against

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Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the Weald, High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Roc ...

later the same season. He played once more for the Kent First XI during the year and made three first-class appearances for DR Jardine's XI, one in 1957 and two in 1958. He continued to play for Kent's Second XI in the

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

and

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until 1959 and remained active in club cricket during the 1960s.Ron Thresher
''Boundaries'', issue 13, p.11.

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, 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2018.Ron Thresher
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-07. As well as playing cricket, Thresher also played

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for Harlequins.Old Maidstonian Society Newsletter
no.6, winter 2011, p.8. Retrieved 2018-12-07. He died at

Dover Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...

in 2013 aged 82.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thresher, Ronald 1930 births 2013 deaths English cricketers Kent cricketers People from Tonbridge D. R. Jardine's XI cricketers Cricketers from Kent