Thomas Russell (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Thomas Russell (cricketer)

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1863

Place of Birth: Lewisham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1927

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Thomas Russell (cricketer)

  • Thomas Russell (6 July 1863 — 28 February 1927), birth registered as Thomas Marychurch Freeman, was an English cricketer.
  • He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Essex and Marylebone Cricket Club.
  • He was born in Lewisham and died in Leyton. Russell played his first two matches for Essex in miscellaneous fixtures against Leicestershire during the 1893 season, featuring in a game against a team of touring Australians just six weeks later, a match in which one-time Test cricketer and Wisden Cricketer of the Year Walter Mead picked up seventeen wickets, the most valuable haul ever made in a first-class cricket match by an Essex player. Russell's debut first-class match came in 1894, when Essex played in eight miscellaneous first-class fixtures against county-representative teams who, the following year, would convene to set up the brand new County Championship, running its first full season in 1895.
  • Russell performed well, scoring two half-centuries, and making twenty-seven catches and six stumpings as a wicket-keeper.
  • His debut century would follow in a game against Surrey which the team would win by an innings margin. The final match of Russell's 1896 season saw him score a pair, though confidence was restored when Russell made two stumpings in the first game of 1897.
  • Essex performed well throughout this season, finishing third in the County Championship with seven wins under their belt from a sixteen-match campaign.
  • 1898 was Russell's second-highest scoring season, despite him playing six more first-class matches than in his highest, two years previously.
  • This season also saw him score his second of three first-class centuries, scoring his highest career score thus-far of 122 not out against Hampshire, a score which would only be improved upon once, in a game against Derbyshire, against whom he made an innings of 139 in 1900. While the opening few years of the 20th century proved a goldmine for Russell, a consistent batsman amongst a number of inconsistent players, he would not reach the dizzy heights of his three century innings in the second half of his career that he did in the first, making a top score in his final five seasons of just 54 and moving, towards the end of his career, back to the tailend of the Essex batting line-up where he spent occasional matches in his early years at the club.
  • Essex finished second-bottom of the County Championship table during the 1904 season. Russell's final season as an Essex player was a benefit season, in which he played one match, a heavy defeat at the hands of Surrey.
  • Russell later joined a growing list of first-class cricketing umpires, taking charge of 150 matches between 1912 and 1925. Russell's extended family of cricket-playing relatives included brother Edward Russell, cousins Tich, Edward and John, great-nephew Douglas Freeman, son Jack Russell and uncle Edward.

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