Ian Thomson, 92, cricketer, who played in five Tests in 1964 and 1965

[Michael Rhodes]

Ian Thomson, who died 1 August 2021, aged 92, was an English cricketer who played in five Tests for England in 1964 and 1965. Thomson was only weeks away from his 36th birthday when he was selected for Test duties, a recognition of his performances in county cricket.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Thomson_(cricketer)

Born 23 January 1929 in Walsall, Staffordshire, Thomson grew up in Essex. After he finished his National Service, his family moved to Sussex, where he joined the county team, playing his first match in 1952. A medium-fast right-arm swing and seam bowler of accuracy and consistency, and a lower-order batsman, he soon became a regular member of the team. He took more than 100 wickets in every season from 1953 to 1964. The later part of Thomson's career coincided with the first one-day competition. He picked up the man of the match award in the 1964 Gillette Cup final, when Sussex beat Warwickshire.

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[Michael Rhodes]

Ian Thomson, bowler who became England’s oldest surviving male Test cricketer
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Ian Thomson, who has died aged 92, survived to become England’s oldest male Test cricketer: it is on his bowling for Sussex, however, that his reputation rests....He was a master of the inswinger, and his accuracy and consistency made him a crucial factor in the 1964-65 Test series win in South Africa