Thomas Flowers
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Flowers
Born25 October 1868
Daybrook, Nottinghamshire,
England
Died26 March 1939(1939-03-26) (aged 70)
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire,
England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow-medium
RelationsWilfred Flowers (cousin)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1894Nottinghamshire
Umpiring information
FC umpired187 (1914–1926)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 16
Batting average 8.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 11
Balls bowled 30
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 February 2013

Thomas Flowers (25 October 1868 – 26 March 1939) was an English cricketer and umpire. Flowers was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow-medium. He was born at Daybrook, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.

Flowers made a single first-class appearance for Nottinghamshire against Gloucestershire in the 1894 County Championship at the Spa Ground, Gloucester.[1] In a match which Gloucestershire won by 43 runs, he scored 5 runs in Nottinghamshire's first-innings before being dismissed by Herbert Brown, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 11 runs by W. G. Grace.[2] He also played extensively in the Lancashire League for Church Cricket Club, making 324 appearances between 1893 and 1908.[3] He also had an extensive career as an umpire, first standing in a first-class match in 1914. He continued to umpire in first-class cricket after the First World War, umpiring in 187 matches to 1926.[4]

He died at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire on 26 March 1939. His cousin Wilfred Flowers played Test cricket for England.

References

  1. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Flowers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, 1894 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Lancashire League Matches played by Thomas Flowers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Thomas Flowers as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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