Country: | England |
Fullname: | Thomas Henry Rust |
Birth Date: | 3 March 1881 |
Birth Place: | Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England |
Death Place: | Tredworth, Gloucestershire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Gloucestershire |
Year1: | 1914 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 2 |
Bat Avg1: | 1.00 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 2 |
Deliveries1: | – |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 15 February |
Year: | 2012 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19885.html Cricinfo |
Thomas Henry Rust (3 March 1881 – 9 August 1962) was an English cricketer. Rust was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
Rust made a single first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Lancashire at the Spa Ground, Gloucester, in the 1914 County Championship.[1] Batting first, Gloucestershire made 155, with Rust being run out after scoring 2 runs. Lancashire responded by making 394 in their first-innings, while Gloucestershire were dismissed for 206 in their second-innings, with Rust being dismissed for a duck by Bill Huddleston. Lancashire won the match by an innings and 33 runs.[2]
Rust also had a distinguished local football career, playing and captaining Gloucester City 62 times from 1898 to 1907, scoring 41 goals.[3]
He died at Tredworth, Gloucestershire on 9 August 1962.