Thomas Hughes (cricketer)

Thomas Fiott Hughes (28 January 1825 — 18 June 1887) was an English first-class cricketer and diplomatic secretary and consul to the Ottoman Empire.

Thomas Hughes
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Fiott Hughes
Born28 January 1825
Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England
Died18 June 1887(1887-06-18) (aged 62)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
18431845Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 48
Batting average 4.80
100s/50s –/–
Top score 15*
Balls bowled 591
Wickets 36
Bowling average ?
5 wickets in innings 5
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 7/?
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 January 2022

The son of Thomas Smart Hughes and his wife, Ann Maria, he was born in January 1825 at Chesterton, Cambridgeshire. He was not educated at a public school, which did not hinder his matriculation to Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1843 and 1845, making eight appearances.[2] Playing in the Cambridge side as a bowler, Hughes took 36 wickets in his eight matches, which included taking a five wicket haul on five occasions and ten-wickets in a match once.[3] As a tailend batsman, he scored 48 runs with a highest score of 15 not out.[4]

After graduating from Cambridge, Hughes entered into the Diplomatic Corps. He was appointed to secretary at the British Embassy at Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire in June 1846.[5] a position he held for ten years until his appointment as consul at Erzurum in July 1856.[6] He returned to Constantinople in March 1859, to take up the appointment of Oriental Secretary there.[7][8] At the time of his death at Cheltenham in June 1887, Hughes was regarded as a distinguished Oriental scholar.[9]

References

  1. Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. p. 480.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Thomas Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Thomas Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. Corpus Christi College. Cambridge Chronicle and Journal. 6 June 1846. p. 2
  6. Appointments. Globe. 11 July 1856. pp. 1–2
  7. Hertslet, Edward (1865). The Foreign Office List. Harrison. p. 13.
  8. Annual Register. J. Dodsley. 1860. p. 519.
  9. Literary & Other Notes. Bristol Mercury. 4 July 1887. p. 6
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