Tom Revill
Personal information
Full name Thomas Fredrick Revill
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Bolsover, England
Date of death 1979 (aged 86–87)
Place of death Mansfield, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911–1912 Chesterfield 17 (19)
1911–1914 Stoke 70 (23)
1914–1915 Chesterfield
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Frederick Revill (9 May 1892 – 29 March 1979) was an English cricketer and footballer.

Football career

He began with youth sides in his native Bolsover before joining Chesterfield in 1911. He scored 19 goals in 17 Midland League games for Chesterfield, and was transferred to Stoke for £200 in February 1912.[1] He returned to Bolsover in 1914 to play for the local colliery team and turned out with Chesterfield as a war guest during the 1915–16 and 1916–17 seasons. He made 74 appearances for Stoke scoring 24 goals.[2]

Cricket career

Personal information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg-break, googly
RelationsAlan Revill (son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1913–1920Derbyshire
FC debut14 July 1913 Derbyshire v Somerset
Last FC22 May 1920 Derbyshire v Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 11
Runs scored 231
Batting average 14.43
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 65*
Catches/stumpings 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, January 2012

Revill was born at Bolsover, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire against Somerset in July 1913 and played one more match that season. After World War I he returned to Derbyshire for eight matches in 1919 and made his top score of 65 not out against Northamptonshire. He played just one game in 1920.

Revill was a left-hand batsman and played 20 innings in 11 first-class matches with an average of 14.43 and a top score of 65 not out. He was a leg-break and googly bowler but did not perform in the first-class game.[3]

Revill died at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire at the age of 86. His son Alan Revill also played cricket for Derbyshire.

Career Statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke 1911–12 Southern League Division One 14600146
1912–13 Southern League Division One 34821369
1913–14 Southern League Division Two 22920249
Career total[2] 7023417424

References

  1. ↑ Basson, Stuart. "Chesterfield Town FC, 1911-12" (Excel spreadsheet). Chesterfield F.C. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  3. ↑ Thomas Revill at Cricket Archive
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