Thomas Flowers (cricketer, born 1868) explained

Country:England
Fullname:Thomas Flowers
Birth Date:25 October 1868
Birth Place:Daybrook, Nottinghamshire,
England
Death Place:Nottingham, Nottinghamshire,
England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm slow-medium
Family:Wilfred Flowers (cousin)
Club1:Nottinghamshire
Year1:1894
Umpire:true
Fcumpired:187
Umpfcdebutyr:1914
Umpfclastyr:1926
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:16
Bat Avg1:8.00
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:11
Deliveries1:30
Wickets1:
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:–/–
Date:20 February
Year:2013
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13101.html Cricinfo

Thomas Flowers (25 October 1868 – 26 March 1939) was an English cricketer and umpire. Flowers was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow-medium. He was born at Daybrook, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.

Flowers made a single first-class appearance for Nottinghamshire against Gloucestershire in the 1894 County Championship at the Spa Ground, Gloucester.[1] In a match which Gloucestershire won by 43 runs, he scored 5 runs in Nottinghamshire's first-innings before being dismissed by Herbert Brown, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 11 runs by W. G. Grace.[2] He also played extensively in the Lancashire League for Church Cricket Club, making 324 appearances between 1893 and 1908.[3] He also had an extensive career as an umpire, first standing in a first-class match in 1914. He continued to umpire in first-class cricket after the First World War, umpiring in 187 matches to 1926.[4]

He died at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire on 26 March 1939. His cousin Wilfred Flowers played Test cricket for England.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Thomas Flowers. CricketArchive. 20 February 2013.
  2. Web site: Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, 1894 County Championship. CricketArchive. 20 February 2013.
  3. Web site: Lancashire League Matches played by Thomas Flowers. CricketArchive. 20 February 2013.
  4. Web site: Thomas Flowers as Umpire in First-Class Matches. CricketArchive. 20 February 2013.