Thomas Hugh Armstrong (21 April 1849 – 27 January 1929) was an English

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er. The son of William Armstrong of Wingate, County Durham, a mining engineer, he was educated at

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Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. and at

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, matriculating in 1868. He played one first-class match for Oxford University Cricket Club in 1869. Below first-class, he had appeared in one county match, for Shropshire in 1868. He passed the final law examination in 1875. He was in a partnership with Arthur Fell, as solicitors; it was dissolved in 1897. He died at Leigh Hall,

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in 1929.

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* 1849 births 1929 deaths English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Cricketers from County Durham Alumni of St John's College, Oxford People from Wingate, County Durham People educated at Rossall School {{England-cricket-bio-1840s-stub

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