Thomas Martin (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Irish first-class cricketer (1911-1937)
Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1911
Place of Birth: Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 07-Dec-1937
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Thomas Martin (cricketer)
- Thomas Martin (15 January 1911 – 7 December 1937) was an Irish first-class cricketer. Martin was born in Lisburn in January 1911, where he was educated at Lisburn Intermediate School.
- (Which is now The Wallace High School) After leaving secondary education, Martin went up to Queen's University Belfast.
- Playing his club cricket for Lisburn, as one of "Awty's Boys", a group of young cricketers coached by the Staffordshire minor counties cricketer Joe Awty.
- His move to Belfast saw him play his club cricket for Queen's University.
- A tall man, standing over six feet tall, Martin used his height to his advantage as a fast-medium bowler, able to extract good bounce and move the ball both ways.
- His debut for Ireland came in a minor match against Sir J Cahn's XI at Belfast in 1930.
- His next appearance for Ireland came in July 1934, again in a minor match, this time against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Strabane.
- Later in August 1934, Martin made his only appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against the MCC at Dublin.
- As a bowler, he bowled 18 wicket-less overs in the match, which conceded 49 runs.
- Batting from the tail, Martin ended Ireland's first-innings unbeaten without scoring, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by Reginald Butterworth.
- Outside of cricket, Martin was a schoolteacher.
- However, he was afflicted with tuberculosis and fought a long battle against the illness, succumbing to it in December 1937.
- His brother, Herbie, was also a first-class cricketer, in addition to playing rugby union.
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