Tom Revill
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Fredrick Revill | ||
| Date of birth | 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Bolsover, England | ||
| Date of death | 1979 (aged 86–87) | ||
| Place of death | Mansfield, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1911–1912 | Chesterfield | 17 | (19) |
| 1911–1914 | Stoke | 70 | (23) |
| 1914–1915 | Chesterfield | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Frederick Revill (9 May 1892 – 29 March 1979) was an English cricketer and footballer.
Football career
[edit]He began with youth sides in his native Bolsover before joining Chesterfield in 1911. He scored 19 goals in 17 Midland League games for Chesterfield, and was transferred to Stoke for £200 in February 1912.[1] He returned to Bolsover in 1914 to play for the local colliery team and turned out with Chesterfield as a war guest during the 1915–16 and 1916–17 seasons. He made 74 appearances for Stoke scoring 24 goals.[2]
Cricket career
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg-break, googly | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Alan Revill (son) | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1913–1920 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 14 July 1913 Derbyshire v Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 22 May 1920 Derbyshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, January 2012 | |||||||||||||||
Revill was born at Bolsover, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire against Somerset in July 1913 and played one more match that season. After World War I he returned to Derbyshire for eight matches in 1919 and made his top score of 65 not out against Northamptonshire. He played just one game in 1920.
Revill was a left-hand batsman and played 20 innings in 11 first-class matches with an average of 14.43 and a top score of 65 not out. He was a leg-break and googly bowler but did not perform in the first-class game.[3]
Revill died at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire at the age of 86. His son Alan Revill also played cricket for Derbyshire.
Career Statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1911–12 | Southern League Division One | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| 1912–13 | Southern League Division One | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | |
| 1913–14 | Southern League Division Two | 22 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | |
| Career total[2] | 70 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 24 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Basson, Stuart. "Chesterfield Town FC, 1911-12" (Excel spreadsheet). Chesterfield F.C. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- ^ Thomas Revill at Cricket Archive