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James Thomson (13 February 1940 – 21 September 2022) was a Scottish cricketer.[1]
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| Full name | James Thomson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1940 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 September 2022 (aged 82) Ayr, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1962–1985 | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomson was born in February 1940 at Kilmarnock. A club cricketer for Kilmarnock,[2] Thomson made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against Ireland at Greenock in 1962. There followed a gap of 22 years before his next appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland, which came against Ireland at Glasgow in 1984;[3] this is the 15th longest gap between first-class appearances in the history of first-class cricket.[4] He made a third and final first-class appearance, also against Ireland, the following year at Dublin.[3]
Considered to be Scotland's premium slow left-arm bowler, he took seven wickets in his three first-class matches at an average of 42.42, with best figures of 4 for 116.[5] Thomson made two appearances for Scotland in List A one-day cricket in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup against Derbyshire at Aberdeen and Nottinghamshire at Glasgow.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Jim Thomson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Farewell to a cricket club stalwart". Daily Record. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Jim Thomson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Longest Interval between Appearances". Association of Cricket Statisticians. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Jim Thomson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "List A Matches played by Jim Thomson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
External links edit
- Jim Thomson at ESPNcricinfo