Thomas Hastings (16 January 1865 – 14 June 1938) was an Australian
cricket
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er. He played 15
first-class cricket
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matches for
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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between 1887 and 1909.
Hastings was the first player batting at number 11 in to score a century in a first-class match, with 106
not out
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Occurrence
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against
South Australia
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at Melbourne in January 1903.
See also
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List of Victoria first-class cricketers
This is a list of Victoria first-class cricketers. The Victoria cricket team have played first-class cricket since 1851, when they played the Tasmania cricket team at Launceston.
Below is a chronological list of cricketers to have represented Vi ...
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1865 births
1938 deaths
Australian cricketers
Victoria cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
People from the Colony of Victoria
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