| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Arthur Thomas |
| Birth Date: | 14 February 1816 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Death Place: | Malvern, Worcestershire, England |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1837–1838 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 31 |
| Bat Avg1: | 6.20 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 18 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 26 January |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/arthur-thomas-22064 Cricinfo |
Arthur Thomas (14 February 1816 – 1 December 1895) was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played in four first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University in 1837 and 1838.[1] He was born in London and died at Great Malvern, Worcestershire.
Thomas was educated at Winchester College and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] As a cricketer, he was a batsman, sometimes used as an opener, and there is no evidence that he bowled in first-class cricket, though the full details of the matches in which he played have not survived. It is not known whether he batted right- or left-handed. He played in two matches in each of the 1837 and 1838 seasons that have since been designated as first-class; his final game was the 1838 University Match against Oxford University, in which he scored 6 and 3 not out.[3]
Thomas graduated from Cambridge University in 1839 with a Bachelor of Arts degree which automatically converted to a Master of Arts in 1842.[2] He was ordained as a Church of England deacon in 1840 and as a priest the following year.[2] He was successively a curate at Eastergate, West Sussex and then Whaddon and Shepreth in Cambridgeshire before becoming priest-in-charge at Milford, Surrey, from 1846.[2] In 1848, he became vicar at Rottingdean, East Sussex and remained there for the rest of his life.[2]