Thomas Henry Knyvett Dashwood (3 January 1876 – 24 January 1929) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Thomas Henry Knyvett Dashwood | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 January 1876 St Ippollitts, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 January 1929 (aged 53) Fulham, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1898–1907 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1899 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| 1904 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||
The son of T. A. Dashwood, he was born in January 1876 at St Ippollitts, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Wellington College, where he captained the cricket eleven.[1] From there, he matriculated to University College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, Dashwood made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club against Surrey and Sussex in 1899;[3] against Sussex, he made what would be his only half century, with a score of 70.[4] He also played a third first-class match in 1899, for an England XI against the touring Australians at Truro.[3]
After graduating from Oxford, Dashwood was later chosen to tour the West Indies with Richard Bennett's personal eleven from January–April 1902.[1] On the tour, he made thirteen first-class appearances on the touring, appearing against regional first-class colonial teams such as British Guinea, Jamaica, and Trinidad, in addition to the West Indies cricket team.[3] On the tour, he scored 200 runs at an average of 11.11, with a highest score of 32.[5] Dashwood recorded a century in a non-first-class fixture on the tour, with 120 not out against St Elizabeth Cricket Club in Jamaica.[1] Two years later, he made two final first-class appearances for Hampshire in the 1904 County Championship against Leicestershire and Yorkshire.[3] He also played cricket at minor counties level for Hertfordshire, making sixteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship between 1898 and 1907.[6]
Dashwood later served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned into the Army Service Corps as a temporary second lieutenant in September 1915.[7] He was made a temporary lieutenant in January 1916,[8] with a further temporary appointment to captain following in June 1916.[9] Following the war, he was made a brevet major in June 1919.[10] Dashwood relinquished his commission following the completion of his service, retaining the rank of captain.[11] He died in London at West Kensington on 24 January 1929, from heart failure as a result of influenza.[12]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Wisden – Obituaries in 1929". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Bevir, Joseph Louis; Strangways, Arthur Henry Fox (1923). Wellington College Register, 1859-1923. Hunt.
- ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Dashwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Sussex v Oxford University, University Match 1899". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Thomas Dashwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Thomas Dashwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "No. 29308". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 September 1915. p. 9517.
- ^ "No. 29463". The London Gazette. 4 February 1916. p. 1368.
- ^ "No. 29626". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1916. p. 6043.
- ^ "No. 31377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1919. p. 7008.
- ^ "No. 31518". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 August 1919. p. 10711.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 45111. London. 26 January 1929. p. 1.