Jim Thomson
Personal information
Full name
James Thomson
Born(1940-02-13)13 February 1940
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died21 September 2022(2022-09-21) (aged 82)
Ayr, Scotland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1962–1985Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 3 2
Runs scored 1 2
Batting average 1.00 2.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 1* 2*
Balls bowled 678 96
Wickets 7 1
Bowling average 42.42 47.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/116 1/30
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 July 2022

James Thomson (13 February 1940 – 21 September 2022) was a Scottish cricketer.[1]

Thomson was born in February 1940 at Kilmarnock. A club cricketer for Kilmarnock,[2] Thomson made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against Ireland at Greenock in 1962. There followed a gap of 22 years before his next appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland, which came against Ireland at Glasgow in 1984;[3] this is the 15th longest gap between first-class appearances in the history of first-class cricket.[4] He made a third and final first-class appearance, also against Ireland, the following year at Dublin.[3]

Considered to be Scotland's premium slow left-arm bowler, he took seven wickets in his three first-class matches at an average of 42.42, with best figures of 4 for 116.[5] Thomson made two appearances for Scotland in List A one-day cricket in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup against Derbyshire at Aberdeen and Nottinghamshire at Glasgow.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Jim Thomson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Farewell to a cricket club stalwart". Daily Record. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Jim Thomson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "First-Class Longest Interval between Appearances". Association of Cricket Statisticians. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Jim Thomson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "List A Matches played by Jim Thomson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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