Wyndham Rowland Thomas played first-class

First-class cricket

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 cricket

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 in one match for Somerset

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 in 1928. He was born in Bedford

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 and died at Weston-super-Mare

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, Somerset

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Thomas had one of the briefest first-class cricket careers of any player. A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he was picked by Somerset for the match against Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 at Chesterfield

Queen's Park, Chesterfield

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in May 1928, two weeks before his 17th birthday. Rain prevented any play on the first two days of a three-day game, and when Derbyshire batted on the third and final day, Thomas was not given a bowl. Somerset's innings had barely started when the game was over, and Thomas did not bat. He did not play first-class cricket again.