Thomas Gould was an English

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 cricket

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er who played for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 in 1896 and 1897.

Gould was born in Brassington

Brassington

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, Derbyshire

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, the son of Mark Gould, a lead miner and later lime picker, and his wife Mary.

Gould debuted in the 1896 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1896

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 against Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

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 when he was an economical bowler and made a good showing with the bat in the lower-middle order. He made one other appearance during that season in a match that was abandoned as a draw. In 1897 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1897

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1897 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty six years. It was their third season in the County Championship and they came fourteenth after failing to win a match..-1897 season:...

, he achieved his best bowling performance of 4-45 against Sussex, but made little impression in the following match. Gould played 10 innings in 7 first-class matches with a top score of 18 not out and an average of 7.87. He took 9 wickets at an average of 25.0.

Gould died at the age of 84 in Burton-on-Trent.