Thomas Dean
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Thomas Arthur Dean was an English
cricket
er. Dean was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break
googly
.
Dean made his first-class
debut for Hampshire
in the 1939 County Championship
against Somerset
. In the 1939 season, Dean took his first five wicket haul against Yorkshire
, with figures of 5/58 in Yorkshire's second innings. The Championship match against Yorkshire was Dean's last before the start of the Second World War.
After the war, Dean returned to playing for Hampshire. Dean's return match came against the Worcestershire
in the 1946 County Championship. Dean took his only ten wicket haul in a match against Derbyshire
, where Dean took his career best figures of 7/51, to give him match figures of 10/129.
From 1946 to 1949 Dean played a further 25 matches for the county, with his final match for Hampshire coming against Kent
in the 1949 County Championship. In his 28 first-class matches for Hampshire, Dean scored 283 runs at an average
of 9.12, with a high score of 26. With the ball Dean took 51 wickets at a bowling average
of 31.11, with best figures of 7/51, one of Dean's three four wicket hauls.
In 1954 Dean joined Devon
, where he represented the county in the 1954 Minor Counties Championship. Dean made his debut for Devon against Cornwall
and played in four Minor Counties matches for the county, with Dean's final Minor Counties match coming against the Surrey Second XI
.
Dean left Devon at the end of the 1954 season and shortly after moved to South Africa
, where in 1956 he represented Eastern Province
in a single first-class match against Border
.
Dean died at Alexandria
, Eastern Cape
on 4 June 2004.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. Dean was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break
Leg break
A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...
googly
Googly
In cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. It is occasionally referred to as a Bosie , an eponym in honour of its inventor Bernard Bosanquet.- Explanation :...
.
Dean made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
in the 1939 County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
against Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
. In the 1939 season, Dean took his first five wicket haul against Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
, with figures of 5/58 in Yorkshire's second innings. The Championship match against Yorkshire was Dean's last before the start of the Second World War.
After the war, Dean returned to playing for Hampshire. Dean's return match came against the Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
in the 1946 County Championship. Dean took his only ten wicket haul in a match against Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
, where Dean took his career best figures of 7/51, to give him match figures of 10/129.
From 1946 to 1949 Dean played a further 25 matches for the county, with his final match for Hampshire coming against Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
in the 1949 County Championship. In his 28 first-class matches for Hampshire, Dean scored 283 runs at an average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 9.12, with a high score of 26. With the ball Dean took 51 wickets at a bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 31.11, with best figures of 7/51, one of Dean's three four wicket hauls.
In 1954 Dean joined Devon
Devon County Cricket Club
Devon County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Devon and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....
, where he represented the county in the 1954 Minor Counties Championship. Dean made his debut for Devon against Cornwall
Cornwall County Cricket Club
Cornwall County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cornwall and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
and played in four Minor Counties matches for the county, with Dean's final Minor Counties match coming against the Surrey Second XI
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
.
Dean left Devon at the end of the 1954 season and shortly after moved to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, where in 1956 he represented Eastern Province
Eastern Province cricket team
Eastern Province cricket team is the team representing the Eastern Province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa.-Honours:* Currie Cup - 1988–89, 1991–92; shared - 1989–90* Standard Bank Cup - 1989–90, 1991–92...
in a single first-class match against Border
Border cricket team
Border cricket team is the team representing the Border province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in March 1898....
.
Dean died at Alexandria
Alexandria, Eastern Cape
Alexandria, South Africa is a small farming town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is situated 100 km North East of Port Elizabeth on the way to Bushman's River Mouth, Kenton-on-Sea and Port Alfred...
, Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...
on 4 June 2004.
External links
- Thomas Dean at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Thomas Dean at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
- Matches and detailed statistics for Thomas Dean