Thomas Wickham

Thomas Wickham
Personal information
Full name Thomas Provis Wickham
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1851 Marylebone Cricket Club
1850 Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 2
Runs scored 14
Batting average 4.66
100s/50s –/–
Top score 10
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 April 2010

Thomas Provis Wickham (born 1810 in Weymouth, Dorset; died on 1 March 1890 in Machynlleth), probably best known as an English cricketer.

Personal life

Wickham was the son of the reverend William Wickham and Margaret Provis[1], and brother of the reverend William Provis Trelawney Wickham (Rector of Shepton Mallet, the building of the Wickham Almshouses by his widow, was made possible by a bequest from his will).[2][3] He had two sisters, Annabella (who married James Bennett, Sheriff of Somerset) and Caroline.[4]

According to Bernard Burke[5] the Wickhams (of Horsington) were an ancient Somerset family, belonging to the landed gentry.

In 1835 he married Sarah Hussey.

Little is known about him other than that he was a "gentleman". It is suggested that he spent some time in a debtors' prison.[6]

Cricket

Wickham made his first-class debut and his only appearance for Hampshire against an All-England Eleven in 1850. In 1851, Wickham made his last first class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University.

References

  1. ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours; Burke, John; Volume 4; 1838; p597
  2. ↑ Alumni of Oxford University 1715-1886; vol 4; p1549
  3. ↑ The Wickham Almshouses on the Shepton Mallet United Charities website
  4. ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumes 173-174; May 1843; p545
  5. ↑ A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland; Burke, Bernard; Volume 2; p 354
  6. ↑ Court for the relieve of insolvent debtors, Saturday 6 June 1857 in the online version of The London Gazette; 9 June 1857; p 2047
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