Bruce Thomas (cricketer)

Bruce Thomas

Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Bruce Thomas
Born	(1942-10-05) 5 October 1942 (age 82) Melbourne, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1966-1970	Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 13 Runs scored 544 Batting average 25.90 100s/50s 0/3 Top score 66 Balls bowled 587 Wickets 7 Bowling average 42.42 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 3/88 Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 November 2023

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]

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

1. "Kenneth Thomas". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
2. "Bruce Thomas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
3. Wisden 1968, pp. 903–5.
4. "Victoria in Lead". Canberra Times: 14. 6 January 1969.
5. "Victoria Premier Cricket Matches played by Bruce Thomas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
6. Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club Annual & Financial Report, 2018–19, p. 24.

External links

• Bruce Thomas at ESPNcricinfo