| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Henry Edmund Symes-Thompson |
| Birth Date: | 22 June 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Marylebone, Middlesex, England |
| Death Place: | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Family: | Francis Symes-Thompson (brother) Arthur Page (brother-in-law) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1894 - 1895 |
| Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year2: | 1896 - 1906 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 8 |
| Runs1: | 174 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.60 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 31 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/– |
| Date: | 22 April |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21165.html Cricinfo |
Henry Edmund Symes-Thompson (22 June 1873 – 18 January 1952) was an English first-class cricketer and physician.
The son of Edmund Symes-Thompson, he was born at Marylebone in June 1873. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Christ's College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge University, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club on four occasions in 1894 and 1895,[3] though did not gain a blue.[4] Besides playing first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Symes-Thompson also played for the Marylebone Cricket Club on four occasions between 1896 and 1906.[3] He scored a total of 174 runs in eight first-class appearances, averaging 11.60 with a highest score of 31.[5]
After gaining his medical degree from Cambridge, Symes-Thompson trained at St George's Hospital in London.[1] He was a house surgeon and physician at Westminster Hospital and later a physician at the Royal Northern Hospital and the Royal Brompton Hospital. His final medical post was as a physician at St George's Hospital.[2] His son, Richard, followed in his fathers footsteps and also became a physician. He was killed during the last major bombing raid on London in May 1941.[6] Symes-Thompson died at Oxford in January 1952.[4] His brother, Francis, also played first-class cricket, as did his brother-in-law Arthur Page.