| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Richard Harry Thomson |
| Birth Date: | 19 October 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Club1: | Sussex |
| Year1: | 1961 |
| Club2: | Cambridge University |
| Year2: | 1961 - 1962 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 25 |
| Runs1: | 883 |
| Bat Avg1: | 20.53 |
| 100S/50S1: | - /5 |
| Top Score1: | 84 |
| Deliveries1: | 6 |
| Wickets1: | - |
| Bowl Avg1: | - |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 15/ - |
| Date: | 3 January |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21806.html Cricinfo |
Richard Harry Thomson (born 19 October 1938) is a former English cricketer. Thomson was a left-handed batsman. He was born at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
Thomson made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Lancashire in 1961. He made 22 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Oxford University in the 1962 University Match at Lord's.[1] In his 23 first-class matches for the university, he scored a total of 853 runs at an average of 21.87, with a high score of 84.[2] This score was one of five half centuries he made for the university and came against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1962.[3] He also played two first-class matches for his native Sussex in the 1961 County Championship, against Leicestershire at Manor Sports Ground, Worthing and Worcestershire at the County Ground, Hove.[1] He had little success in these two matches, scoring a total of 30 runs at an average of 7.50, with a high score of 21.[2]