Thomas Hearne (4 September 1826 – 13 May 1900) was an English professional

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er who played for Middlesex county teams, including the new county club, from 1859 to 1875. He was employed by

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on their ground staff at Lord's and he played in many matches for the club's teams from 1857 to 1876. Hearne travelled to Australia in 1861–62 as a member of the first English team to tour the country. He was born in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, and died in Ealing,

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. His brother was

George Hearne Sr George Hearne (15 May 1829 – 9 December 1904) was an English cricketer. Hearne was born at Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire. He played for a Middlesex XI (1861–1863) and for Middlesex County Cricket Club (1864–1868) as a batsman.

and they began a cricketing dynasty, thirteen family members becoming first-class players. Hearne was an

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who played in 173 top-class matches. As a right-handed

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, he scored 5,048 career runs at an average of 18.55 runs per completed innings with a highest score of 146 as one of four

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. He was a right arm

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using the

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style and took 292

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s with a best return of 6/12. He took five wickets in an innings sixteen times and

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twice. His best match return was 12/76. Highly rated as a fielder who was good enough to play as an occasional

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, he held 116 career catches and completed seven stumpings.

Career

Tom Hearne was born on 4 September 1826 at Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. He was a right-handed

and a right arm

using the

style. He was also an occasional

. Hearne is not recorded as a

er until 1857 when he was nearly 31 years old."Thomas Hearne"
''Cricket'', issue 205, 2 May 1889, pp. 81–82. In an 1889 pen picture written for '' Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'', his friend

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says Hearne played in local Buckinghamshire cricket from the age of sixteen and that there was "hardly a (venue) in the

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on which he had not performed". Eventually, Hearne's prowess as a player was recognised by John Walker of the

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and that led to him playing for

and being engaged on the ground staff at Lord's. Hearne played for

(MCC) teams from 1857 to 1876, but he is best known as a player for Middlesex, first playing for the county in 1859. He was invited to join the new Middlesex County Cricket Club when it was founded at the end of 1863 and made his debut for them in the 1864 season. Hearne was a member of the England team led by H. H. Stephenson that toured Australia in 1861–62, the first to do so. The team travelled on the SS ''Great Britain''. Hearne and his brother

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began a cricketing dynasty – thirteen family members became first-class players. Hearne made four

in his career with a highest score of 146. His best bowling figures were 6/12 (innings) and 12/76 (match). He died in Ealing,

, on 13 May 1900.

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