Thomas Lewis Hemingway (born 19 May 1986) is an

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former first-class cricketer. Hemingway was born in May 1986 at

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. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. While studying at Cambridge, he made two first-class appearances for

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against

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in The University Matches of 2007 and 2008, in addition to making three first-class appearances for

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against

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and

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in 2008. For Cambridge University he took 8 wickets with best figures of 4 for 58 with his

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bowling, while for Cambridge UCCE he took 6 wickets with best figures of 2 for 32. His overall first-class

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was 48.07.

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