Hon. Thomas William Coventry (24 December 1778 – April 1816) was an English amateur

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. He was the youngest son of

George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry (26 April 1722 – 3 September 1809), styled Viscount Deerhurst from 1744 to 1751, was a British peer and Tory politician. Early life Coventry was the second but eldest surviving son of William Cov ...

and his second wife Barbara St John. In 1797 he inherited the estate, including North Cray Place in Kent, of his godfather, Thomas Coventry. He sold the contents of the house in 1804. He made two known appearances in

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matches from 1800 to 1801 and was a member of

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(MCC).

Arthur Haygarth Arthur Haygarth (4 August 1825 – 1 May 1903) was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Sussex between 1844 and 1861, as well as num ...

, ''Scores & Biographies'', Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862 He married Catherine Clarke and had a son and 2 daughters. On his death in 1816 he left the North Cray estate to his son, Thomas William Coventry, who was only 16 years old.

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1778 births 1816 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Non-international England cricketers Cricketers from Coventry Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Younger sons of earls {{England-cricket-bio-1770s-stub