Kenneth Bruce Thomas (born 5 October 1942) is an Australian former cricketer. He played 13 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1966 and 1970.[1][2]
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| Full name | Kenneth Bruce Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1942 Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1966-1970 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas was a right-handed opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler. His best season was 1966–67, when he scored 421 runs at an average of 38.27 to help Victoria win the Sheffield Shield.[3] He made his highest score of 66 against Queensland in 1968–69, when he and Ken Eastwood put on 131 for the opening partnership.[4]
Thomas played district cricket in the Victorian Cricket Association for Hawthorn-East Melbourne from 1961–62 to 1978–79.[5] The annual batting prize for its successor club, Kingston Hawthorn, is the Bruce Thomas Trophy.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Kenneth Thomas". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Bruce Thomas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Wisden 1968, pp. 903–5.
- ^ "Victoria in Lead". Canberra Times: 14. 6 January 1969.
- ^ "Victoria Premier Cricket Matches played by Bruce Thomas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club Annual & Financial Report, 2018–19, p. 24.
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