Thomas Drew (9 June 1875 – 9 January 1928) was an Australian
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 played four
first-class matches for
South Australia
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between 1897 and 1903.
Personal life
Drew entered
Trinity College in 1899, while studying Medicine at the
University of Melbourne
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. He graduated in 1901 with a Bachelor of Medicine, and in 1905 married Blanche Ada Smith in London, daughter of J.H. Smith, former Commissioner of the South Australian Railways.
In 1928, while employed as medical officer for the Australian Mutual Provident Society, Drew died from what was determined to be a case of accidental morphia poisoning. He had complained of not feeling well and it was believed he had taken morphine to assist sleep. He was found unconscious and struggling to breath and although taken to hospital died shortly after arrival. He was 52 years old.
See also
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List of South Australian representative cricketers
This is a list of cricketers who have represented South Australia in either a first-class, List A or Twenty20 match.
South Australia's inaugural first-class match commenced on 10 November 1877, against Tasmania at the Adelaide Oval, its first ...
References
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1875 births
1928 deaths
Australian cricketers
South Australia cricketers
London County cricketers
People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne)
Cricketers from South Australia
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