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.
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| Full name | Thomas Flowers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 October 1868 Daybrook, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 March 1939 (aged 70) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Wilfred Flowers (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1894 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FC umpired | 187 (1914–1926) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 February 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Flowers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ "Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, 1894 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ "Lancashire League Matches played by Thomas Flowers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ "Thomas Flowers as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
External links
edit- Thomas Flowers at ESPNcricinfo
- Thomas Flowers at CricketArchive