Maurice Tompkin
![]() Maurice Tompkin c 1947 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 February 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, England | ||
Date of death | 27 September 1956 | (aged 37)||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Bury | |||
Leicester City | |||
1946–1947 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | (1) |
Kettering Town | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Maurice Tompkin (17 February 1919 – 27 September 1956) was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket with Leicestershire and professional football for Bury, Leicester City, Huddersfield Town and Kettering Town. He was born in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire.
He played as a middle-order batsman for Leicestershire from 1938 to 1956, scoring over 1000 runs a season from 1946 to 1955. After his most productive season, 1955, when he scored 2190 runs, he was selected to tour Pakistan with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1955-56. However, he suffered ill-health when he returned, and died in hospital from pancreatic cancer after an operation.[1] His highest score was 186 for Leicestershire against the touring Pakistan team in 1954.
References
- Ian Thomas, Owen Thomas, Alan Hodgson, John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ISBN 978-0955728105.
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External links
- Use dmy dates from June 2012
- 1919 births
- 1956 deaths
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- English Football League players
- Bury F.C. players
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- Kettering Town F.C. players
- English cricketers
- Leicestershire cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- People from Countesthorpe
- Players cricketers
- North v South cricketers
- T. N. Pearce's XI cricketers
- English football forward, 1910s birth stubs