Thomas Gunston Calhoun (1795 – 6 September 1861) was an English clergyman who played a single first-class cricket match for a Kent XI in 1827. Calhoun was at Chichester in

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in 1795, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Calhoun. His father was a "substantial" landowner from the Southampton area of Hampshire and Calhoun was educated at the University of Oxford.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 100–101.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)Foster J (1888) '' Alumni Oxonienses'', later series, A–D, p. 209. Oxford: Parker & Co.
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Retrieved 2022-07-10.) He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1813 and graduated from Magdalen College in 1817. After graduating, he entered the Church of England, serving as

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at Ferring near

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in 1827 and was later vicar of Goring-by-Sea and

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. He was elected as a Fellow of Magdalen.University And Clerical Intelligence, '' The Times'', 6 September 1841, p. 5.
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at The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 2022-07-10. ) Calhoun made a single first-class appearance for a Kent side in 1827, playing against a Sussex XI at the

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at Brighton.Thomas Calhoun
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-07-10. This is the only cricket match he is known to have played in and he was probably a late replacement for a missing player in the match. He scored a single run in the two innings in which he batted.Thomas Calhoun

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. Retrieved 2022-07-10. Calhoun died at Goring-by-Sea in 1861.

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* 1795 births 1861 deaths English cricketers Kent cricketers Sportspeople from Chichester People from Goring-by-Sea Cricketers from West Sussex {{England-cricket-bio-1790s-stub