John Thompson (cricketer, born 1918)

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John Thompson
Personal information
Full name
John Ross Thompson
Born(1918-05-10)10 May 1918
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
Died15 June 2010(2010-06-15) (aged 92)
Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1938 to 1939Cambridge University
1938 to 1954Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 68
Runs scored 3,455
Batting average 31.12
100s/50s 6/19
Top score 191
Balls bowled 12
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 32/0
Source: Cricinfo, 25 September 2021

John Ross Thompson (10 May 1918 – 15 June 2010) was an English amateur cricketer, rackets player and schoolteacher.

Life and career[edit]

Thompson was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, and was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent and at St John's College, Cambridge.[1] A right-handed batsman, he was regarded as a potential Test player during his two years in the Cambridge University team in 1938 and 1939, Wisden remarking that he batted in "very correct style" with "the makings of a brilliant batsman".[2] However, World War II intervened, and after the war he concentrated on his career as a mathematics and physics teacher at Marlborough College, appearing occasionally for Warwickshire during the school holidays.[2] In 1949, after playing his first match in mid-August, he scored 609 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 60.90, putting him sixth in the national averages.[2][3]

He played 36 matches of Minor Counties cricket with Wiltshire from 1955 to 1963.[4] He toured Canada in 1951 and North America in 1959 with the Marylebone Cricket Club, tours that coincided with the English school holidays; he also managed the 1959 tour.[5]

Thompson was also a champion rackets player, winning the British amateur singles title five times and the doubles title 11 times. He also played squash for England.[2] At Marlborough, as well as teaching mathematics and physics, he was master in charge of rackets and cricket, and a housemaster.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "John Thompson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Obituaries", Wisden 2011, p. 202.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Thompson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Thompson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. ^ Silk, Dennis. "MCC in Canada 1959". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  6. ^ "John Thompson". The Times. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

External links[edit]

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