Thomas Armstrong (Oxford University cricketer)

Thomas Hugh Armstrong (21 April 1849 – 27 January 1929) was an English cricketer.

Thomas Armstrong
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Hugh Armstrong
Born(1849-04-21)21 April 1849
Wingate, County Durham
Died27 January 1929(1929-01-27) (aged 79)
East Grinstead, Sussex
Source: Cricinfo, 18 March 2017

The son of William Armstrong of Wingate, County Durham, a mining engineer, he was educated at Rossall School[1] and at St John's College, Oxford, matriculating in 1868.[2][3]

He played one first-class match for Oxford University Cricket Club in 1869.[4] Below first-class, he had appeared in one county match, for Shropshire in 1868.[5]

He passed the final law examination in 1875.[6] He was in a partnership with Arthur Fell, as solicitors; it was dissolved in 1897.[7] He died at Leigh Hall,[1] East Grinstead in 1929.

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References

  1. Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. p. 6. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  2. s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Armstrong, Thomas Hugh
  3. "Grace's Guide, William Armstrong, Senior". Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. "Thomas Armstrong". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pp 6,40.
  6. The Law Journal. Law journal. 1875. p. 456.
  7. The London Gazette. Tho. Newcomb over against Baynards Castle in Thamse-street. 1897. p. 4687.
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