Thomas Nordish (baptised 25 March 1785 – 1 July 1842) was an English

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er. He was a

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who played for Kent teams in the early 19th century. Nordish was a farmer and horse dealer who lived at Dodmore Manor Farm,

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throughout his life. He was the son of Thomas and Ann Nordish and played club cricket in the Meopham area. He first played for a Kent side in 1805 and played in two matches which are now considered to have

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status: once in 1815 and once in 1823, opening the batting on both occasions.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 406–407.
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. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) His highest first-class score of nine runs came in his first innings.Thomas Nordish
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-01. In 1818 Nordish played for an England side against a 22-man

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side in a non-first-class match. Nordish married Elizabeth Dorrinton in 1827. He died at Meopham in 1842 aged 57.Thomas Nordish

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nordish, Thomas 1785 births 1842 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Kent cricketers People from Meopham