Cecil Thompson (cricketer)

Francis Cecil Thompson (17 August 1890 – 24 September 1963) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for Queensland from 1912 to 1933.

Cecil Thompson
Personal information
Full name
Francis Cecil Thompson
Born(1890-08-17)17 August 1890
Stanwell, Queensland, Australia
Died24 September 1963(1963-09-24) (aged 73)
Southport, Queensland, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1912–13 to 1933–34Queensland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 58
Runs scored 4132
Batting average 42.16
100s/50s 11/17
Top score 275*
Balls bowled 2935
Wickets 31
Bowling average 41.87
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/21
Catches/stumpings 15/0
Source: Cricinfo, 14 April 2018

Biography

Educated at Brisbane Grammar School, Cecil Thompson made his first-class debut against New South Wales in 1912–13.[1] He was one of the leading Queensland batsmen in the 1920s, along with Leo O'Connor.[1] He played for University in district cricket until moving to South Brisbane in 1925.[2] In the 1925–26 season, in matches for Queensland and his South Brisbane club, he scored 1525 runs at an average of 152.50.[3]

In 1926–27, in Queensland’s first Sheffield Shield match, he scored their first century in the first innings (O'Connor scored a century in the second innings).[4] In the 1928–29 Sheffield Shield he scored 743 runs at an average of 74.30; in the whole competition only Don Bradman scored more.[5] A careful player, judiciously selecting which ball to hit, Thompson had great powers of concentration, scoring 275 not out in 628 minutes against New South Wales in 1930–31, the highest individual score at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground.[1][6]

A schoolteacher, Thompson’s cricket career was restricted by country postings. He spent three years in the country after World War I and had another country stint from 1933.[1]

References
  1. The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 529.
  2. "Cecil Thompson". Daily Standard. Brisbane, Qld. 3 September 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. "Queensland's first Sheffield Shield match – 90th anniversary". State Library of Queensland. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  4. "Queensland v New South Wales 1926–27". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  5. "Batting and fielding in the Sheffield Shield 1928–29". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  6. "Queensland v New South Wales 1930–31". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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