Thomas Wilson (cricketer)
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Thomas Henry Wilson was an English
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 cricketer
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. Wilson occasionally played as a wicketkeeper.

Wilson made his debut in county cricket for Huntingdonshire
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 in 1862 against North Northamptonshire
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. Wilson played non first-class games for Huntingdonshire between 1862 and 1869, with Wilson's final match for Huntingdonshire coming against Buckinghamshire
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 in 1869.

In 1869 Wilson made his first-class
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 debut for Hampshire
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 against the Marylebone Cricket Club
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. In 1870 Wilson played two more matches for Hampshire, both against Lancashire
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. Ten years later Wilson represented Hampshire in a non first-class match against Somerset
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. Wilson scored 23 runs for Hampshire and made one stumping.

In 1869 Wilson made his debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club in a non first-class match against Winchester College
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; indeed all of Wilson's appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club did not have first-class status. Wilson's final appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club came against Bedfordshire
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 in 1900.

Wilson died at San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
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 on 31 January 1929.

External links

  • Thomas Wilson at Cricinfo
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  • Thomas Wilson at CricketArchive
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