Country: | England |
Fullname: | Thomas Henry Nixon |
Birth Date: | 24 January 1843 |
Birth Place: | Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, England |
Death Place: | Hillingdon, Middlesex, England |
Nickname: | Thomas Nixon (father) Harry Nixon (son) |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm slow-medium |
Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
Year1: | 1862 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 15 |
Bat Avg1: | 5.00 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 9 |
Deliveries1: | 118 |
Wickets1: | 4 |
Bowl Avg1: | 19.00 |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 2/26 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 7 May |
Year: | 2021 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18147.html Cricinfo |
Thomas Henry Nixon (24 April 1843 – 23 January 1907) was an English first-class cricketer and umpire.
The son of the cricketer Thomas Nixon senior, he was born in April 1843 at Sneinton, Nottinghamshire.[1] Nixon was engaged on the staff at Lord's, playing first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club. He played one first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1862 against Middlesex, in addition to playing a second first-class match for the Professionals of Marylebone Cricket Club against the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1867.[2] He scored 15 runs across his two matches,[3] in addition to taking 4 wickets with his right-arm slow-medium bowling.[4] While engaged on the staff as Lord's, Nixon also stood as an umpire in seventeen first-class matches between 1862 and 1882.[5] Nixon died at Hillingdon in January 1907. His son, Harry, also played first-class cricket.