Thomas Brenchley Explained

Thomas Harman Brenchley (c. 1822 – 19 September 1894) was an English wine merchant and distiller, and a cricketer.^[1] He played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and for the Gentlemen of Kent amateur team between 1848 and 1851.^[2]

He was the eldest son of John Brenchley of Wombwell Hall, Northfleet parish, Kent, and his wife Mary Rachel Harman.^{[1] [3]} His birth date is not known, but he was christened at Milton-next-Gravesend in Kent on 7 May 1822. Brenchley died at Glaneirw near Tan-y-groes in Cardiganshire, Wales in 1894.^{[4] [5]}

Brenchley played in 11 first-class matches, scoring a total of 115 runs. He played a number of other matches for the Gentlemen of Kent as well as for Gravesend Cricket Club, His brother Henry played in three first-class matches for Kent between 1854 and 1857.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Norman . Philip . Scores and Annals of the West Kent Cricket Club, 1812-1896, Originally the Prince's Plain Club: With Some Account of the Neighbourhoods of Chislehurst and Bromley and of the Families Residing There . 1897 . Eyre & Spottiswoode . 91 . en.
2. Web site: Thomas Brenchley . www.cricketarchive.com . 7 January 2017.
3. Book: The Gentleman's Magazine . 1821 . E. Cave . 562 . en.
4. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10509.html Thomas Brenchley
5. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 90. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.)
6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36434/36434.html Henry Brenchley