Thomas Brandon (cricketer)
Thomas Brandon (c.1725–?) was an English cricketer of the mid-Georgian period who played mainly for Dartford Cricket Club and Kent. A top-class player, he was a specialist batsman who played in numerous historically important matches, both eleven-a-side and single wicket.[note 1]
Career
[edit]The earliest known reference to Brandon is on 6 July 1750 when he played for Kent against Surrey at Dartford Brent. Kent won by 3 wickets.[2] Individual batting scores are not on record, but the team totals are known. Surrey scored 57 and 36; Kent replied with 54 and 40/7.[3]
Brandon played in two more matches for Kent in 1750.[2][3][4]
In 1754, Brandon played a single wicket match against Parr of Chatham for five guineas a side. Brandon won by 47 runs.[5][6]
In 1759, he was a member of the Dartford team that twice defeated England.[7]
Outside cricket
[edit]Little is known of Brandon personally except that he was a "substantial" shopkeeper in Dartford, who had also acted as both a constable and a churchwarden.[8]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Any match listed in the ACS' Important Match Guide (1981) is historically important, and therefore of the highest standard, whether or not a scorecard might exist. The same applies to numerous matches discovered by researchers since 1981.[1] For further information, see First-class cricket.
References
[edit]- ↑ ACS 1981, pp. 1–40.
- 1 2 Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (19 April 1900). "At the Sign of the Wicket". Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game. XIX (534). London: Merritt & Hatcher Ltd: 67–69 – via ACS.
- 1 2 Ashley-Cooper 1929, p. 16.
- ↑ Maun 2009, pp. 204–205.
- ↑ Waghorn 1899, p. 53.
- ↑ Maun 2011, p. 48.
- ↑ Haygarth 1996, p. 2.
- ↑ Underdown 2000, p. 43.
Bibliography
[edit]- ACS (1981). A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709–1863. Nottingham: ACS. OCLC 85045528.
- Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (1929). Kent Cricket Matches, 1719–1880. Canterbury: Gibbs & Sons. OCLC 220674085.
- Haygarth, Arthur (1996) [1862]. Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Kennington: Frederick Lillywhite. ISBN 978-19-00592-23-9.
- Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Cambridge: Roger Heavens. ISBN 978-19-00592-52-9.
- Maun, Ian (2011). From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770. Leicester: Martin Wilson. ISBN 978-09-56906-60-1.
- Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Westminster: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-07-13993-30-1 – via Internet Archive.
- Waghorn, H. T. (1899). Cricket Scores, Notes, &c. From 1730–1773. Edinburgh: Blackwood. OCLC 1086375331.
