Thomas Herriot

Thomas Herriot
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Pearson Herriot
Born11 May 1887
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
Died20 October 1949(1949-10-20) (aged 62)
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1911Northumberland
1911Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 80
Batting average 80.00
100s/50s –/1
Top score 80
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 October 2022

Thomas Pearson Herriot (11 May 1887 — 20 October 1949) was an English first-class cricketer and physician.

The son of David Herriot,[1] he was born at Berwick-upon-Tweed in May 1887. He was educated in Edinburgh at Fettes College, before matriculating to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine.[2] A club cricketer for Grange,[3] Edinburgh University, and Berwick, Herriot made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against the touring Indians at Galashiels in 1911.[4] He batted once in the match, with success, scoring 80 runs opening the batting in the Scottish first innings before being dismissed by Jehangir Warden.[5] In the same season, he made a single appearance in minor counties cricket for Northumberland against Norfolk in the Minor Counties Championship at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[6]

Herriot served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a temporary lieutenant in Royal Army Medical Corps in February 1915,[7] with promotion to temporary captain following in February 1916.[8] From 1918 to 1919, he served in the Jullundur Brigade in British India,[2] where he made observations about Spanish flu.[9] Herriot relinquished his commission in October 1919, at which point he was made a full captain.[10] He returned to Edinburgh, where he worked as a tuberculosis officer at the Edinburgh City Hospital. Herriot died suddenly at Berwick-upon-Tweed in October 1949.[11]

References

  1. ^ Swimming notes. Hawick Express. 20 May 1921. p. 3
  2. ^ a b Mackenzie, Major John E. (1921). University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914–1919. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 369.
  3. ^ "Grange Cricket Club 175" (PDF). www.grangecricket.org. p. 19. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Herriot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Scotland v Indians, 1911". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Thomas Herriot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  7. ^ "No. 29080". The London Gazette. 23 February 1915. p. 1834.
  8. ^ "No. 29489". The London Gazette. 25 February 1916. p. 2101.
  9. ^ Herriot, Thomas Pearson (1920). The Influenza Pandemic, 1918, as Observed in the Punjab, India. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh.
  10. ^ "No. 31675". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 December 1919. p. 15150.
  11. ^ Scottish district news. The Scotsman. 22 October 1949. p. 5