Thomas Hounsfield
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Thomas Douglas Hounsfield (29 April 1910 — 8 February 1994) was an English
cricket
er who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire
between 1938 and 1939.
Hounsfield was born at Hackenthorpe Farm, Yorkshire
. He started playing for Derbyshire in the second XI in 1937 and made his County Championship debut in July 1938 in a match against Leicestershire, when he made 14 in his second innings. He played one more match for the county in 1938 but played mainly in the second XI. In 1939 he put in sixteen first team appearances and made his top score of 56 against the touring West Indies
cricket team. During the Second World War while the County Championship was suspended, he continued to play regularly for Derbyshire until 1945. In the first class game, Hounsfield was a lower-order batsman and played 24 innings in 16 matches, with one half-century and an average of 13.04. During the war years he moved up the batting order and scored more highly.
Hounsfield died in Richmond, North Yorkshire
at the age of 84.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
between 1938 and 1939.
Hounsfield was born at Hackenthorpe Farm, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
. He started playing for Derbyshire in the second XI in 1937 and made his County Championship debut in July 1938 in a match against Leicestershire, when he made 14 in his second innings. He played one more match for the county in 1938 but played mainly in the second XI. In 1939 he put in sixteen first team appearances and made his top score of 56 against the touring West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
cricket team. During the Second World War while the County Championship was suspended, he continued to play regularly for Derbyshire until 1945. In the first class game, Hounsfield was a lower-order batsman and played 24 innings in 16 matches, with one half-century and an average of 13.04. During the war years he moved up the batting order and scored more highly.
Hounsfield died in Richmond, North Yorkshire
Richmond, North Yorkshire
Richmond is a market town and civil parish on the River Swale in North Yorkshire, England and is the administrative centre of the district of Richmondshire. It is situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and serves as the Park's main tourist centre...
at the age of 84.