Thomas Latham (cricketer)
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| Full name | Thomas Latham | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 June 1847 St Pancras, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 January 1926 (aged 78) West Folkestone, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Geoffrey Latham (son) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1873–1874 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| 1874 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 April 2021 | |||||||||||||||
Thomas Latham (22 June 1847 – 13 January 1926) was an English barrister and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1873 and 1874.[1] He was born in St Pancras, London, the son of Henry Latham, a Chancery registrar, and died at Folkestone, Kent.[2]
As a cricketer, Latham was a middle-order right-handed batsman. After non-first-class trials matches in 1872, he played fairly regularly in first-team matches for Cambridge University in 1873, and he was picked for the University Match against Oxford University, in which he scored 0 and 48 in a match that Cambridge lost narrowly.[3] The 48 was Latham's highest score in first-class cricket. In 1874 he played for MCC against Cambridge University in the university's match immediately before the University Match, and then was picked for his second game against Oxford; this time, he was less successful with innings of 1 and 4, and Cambridge lost the game by an innings.[4] It was Latham's last appearance in first-class cricket, though he appeared in minor matches for amateur teams to the mid-1880s.
Career outside cricket
Educated at Highgate School, Winchester College and St John's College, Cambridge, Latham graduated in 1874 and was called to the bar as a barrister in the same year. He practised on the Western circuit; then from 1881 to 1888 he was special pleader at the courts in Shanghai, after which he retired to Folkestone where he died in 1926.[2] His son was the cricketer and colonial administrator Geoffrey Latham, while his grandson was the artist John Latham.
References
- ^ "Thomas Latham". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ a b J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Thomas Latham". p. 102. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Scorecard: Oxford University v Cambridge University". www.cricketarchive.com. 23 June 1873. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Scorecard: Oxford University v Cambridge University". www.cricketarchive.com. 29 June 1874. Retrieved 1 August 2014.