Thomas Ward Wilson (1 April 1849 – 4 January 1924) was an English
first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...
er active 1869–1871 who played for
Cambridge University
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
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. He was born in
Nocton
Nocton is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1202 road, south-east from Lincoln city centre. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 819. To the east o ...
and died in
Broadstone, Dorset
Broadstone is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. It is located from Hamworthy railway station and from Bournemouth International Airport. The ward had a population of 10,303 at the 2011 Census, increasing from 10,256 at the 2001 Census.
...
. He appeared in eight first-class matches as a right-handed
batsman
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who
bowled
In cricket, the term bowled has several meanings. First, is the act of propelling the ball towards the wicket defended by a batsman.
Second, it is a method of dismissing a batsman, by hitting the wicket with a ball delivered by the bowler. (Th ...
fast or medium pace
roundarm
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. Wilson scored 171 career
runs with a highest score of 50; he held one
catch and took 17
wicket
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* It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...
s with a best return of five for 25.
Thomas Wilson at CricketArchive
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1849 births
1924 deaths
English cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers
Gentlemen of England cricketers
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
People educated at Repton School
People from North Kesteven District
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