Thomas Hornby

Thomas Whitfield Hornby (2 October 1831 – 1 April 1900) was an English first-class cricketer.

Thomas Hornby

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Whitfield Hornby
Born	2 October 1831 Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
Died	1 April 1900(1900-04-01) (aged 68) Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
Batting	Left-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 65 Batting average 10.83 100s/50s –/– Top score 22 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 June 2019

Hornby was born at Stockton-on-Tees. He made three appearances in first-class cricket, the first of which came for a combined Yorkshire and Durham cricket team against Nottinghamshire at Stockton-on-Tees in 1858.^[1] His next appearance came for a combined Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees cricket team against Cambridgeshire in 1861, while his third appearance came for England against Surrey at The Oval in 1864.^[1] He scored 65 runs in his three first-class appearances, with a high score of 22.^[2] Outside of cricket he was a hotelier, with Hornby running the Black Lion Hotel on Stockton High Street in 1892.^[3] He died at Stockton-on-Tees in April 1900.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Hornby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
2. "Player profile: Thomas Hornby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
3. "No. 26138". The London Gazette. 15 August 1882. p. 3810.

External links

• Thomas Hornby at ESPNcricinfo