Henry Shepherd Thomson (4 June 1854 – 19 July 1899) was an English cricketer who played in two first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club in 1876.[1][2][3]
Thomson was born in Ramsgate in Kent, the son of John Thomson, a surgeon, and his second wife Margaret.[4][5] He worked as a solicitor in Ramsgate.[6][7] Thomson married Annie Buckley in 1881. The family emigrated to South Africa after their three children were born.[5]
Thomson died after being hit by a locomotive in Cape Town harbour in July 1899 aged 45.[5]
References edit
- ^ Henry Thomson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ Henry Thomson, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 519–520. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ John Buck Thomson, The Thomson Family. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ a b c Henry Shepherd Thomson, The Thomson Family. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ The London Gazette 1882, p.2371, 1882-05-19. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ The London Gazette 1882, p.2510, 1882-05-26. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
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