Thomas Walker Stubbs (11 September 1856 – 5 June 1899) was an English first-class

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er and clergyman. The son of Henry James Laurie Stubbs, he was born in September 1856 at Ashton upon Mersey, then in

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. He was educated at Clifton College, before going up to

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. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Middlesex at

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in 1877. One of five Old Cliftonians to feature in the Oxford side that year, Stubbs batted once in the match and was dismissed for a single run in the Oxford first-innings by

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. With his right-arm roundarm fast bowling, he took the wicket of Augustus Nepean in the Middlesex first-innings, and followed this up by taking the wickets of Nepean and Stratford in their second-innings, to finish with match figures of 3 for 41. He married Evelyn Risley at Stow-on-the-Wold in 1878, with future Jack the Ripper suspect

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among the attendees. Stubbs died at Stow-on-the-Wold in June 1899.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stubbs, Thomas 1856 births 1899 deaths Sportspeople from Sale, Greater Manchester Cricketers from Greater Manchester People educated at Clifton College Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers