Thomas Hornby

Thomas Whitfield Hornby (2 October 1831 – 1 April 1900) was an English first-class cricketer.

Thomas Hornby
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Whitfield Hornby
Born2 October 1831
Stockton-on-Tees,
County Durham, England
Died1 April 1900(1900-04-01) (aged 68)
Stockton-on-Tees,
County Durham, England
BattingLeft-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 65
Batting average 10.83
100s/50s –/–
Top score 22
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 June 2019

Hornby was born at Stockton-on-Tees. He made three appearances in first-class cricket, the first of which came for a combined Yorkshire and Durham cricket team against Nottinghamshire at Stockton-on-Tees in 1858.[1] His next appearance came for a combined Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees cricket team against Cambridgeshire in 1861, while his third appearance came for England against Surrey at The Oval in 1864.[1] He scored 65 runs in his three first-class appearances, with a high score of 22.[2] Outside of cricket he was a hotelier, with Hornby running the Black Lion Hotel on Stockton High Street in 1892.[3] He died at Stockton-on-Tees in April 1900.

References
  1. "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Hornby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. "Player profile: Thomas Hornby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. "No. 26138". The London Gazette. 15 August 1882. p. 3810.


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