Thomas Case (cricketer)

Thomas Case (b Liverpool 14 July 1844 – d Falmouth 31 October 1925)[1] was an English academic, philosopher, sportsman and author.[2]

Case was educated at Rugby[3] and Balliol.[4] He was Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford from 1868 to 1870; Tutor at Balliol from 1870 to 1876; and on the staff of Corpus Christi College, Oxford from then onwards. He was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Oxford from 1899 to 1910; and President of Corpus from 1904 to 1924.

Case was also a first-class cricketer (active 1864–1869) who played for Oxford University and Middlesex. He played in 35 first-class matches. He was a righthanded batsman who totalled 982 career runs with a highest score of 116.[5] His son's, William and Thomas, were also first-class cricketers.[6][7]

He was buried on 4 November in Wolvercote cemetery, near Oxford.

References
  1. 'Mr. Thomas Case' The Times Monday, Nov. 2, 1925 Issue 44108 p.2
  2. Among others he wrote 'Materials for History of Athenian Democracy from Solon to Pericles', 1874; 'Realism in Morals', 1877; 'Physical Realism', 1888; 'St Mary’s Clusters', 1893; 'Twelve Songs', 1918; and 'Three Songs', 1924 > British Library web site accessed 15:32 GMT Saturday 22nd May, 2020
  3. "Case, Thomas". Who's Who. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 May 2020. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  4. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Case, Thomas (2)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  5. Thomas Case at CricketArchive
  6. Jones, T. G. H.; Kenrick, Frank B.; Julian L., Baker (1942). "Obituary notices: Lancelot Salisbury Bagster, 1887–1940; Thomas Bennett Case, 1871–1941; William Lash Miller, 1866–1940; Leonard Temple Thorne, 1855–1941". Journal of the Chemical Society: 333–4. doi:10.1039/JR9420000333. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. Dhole, Pradip. "Thomas Bennett Case: Oxford brewer who was the first cricket Supersub". Cricket Country. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Henry William Chandler		 Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
1899–1910		 Succeeded by
John Alexander Smith
Academic offices
Preceded by
Thomas Fowler		 President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
1904–1924		 Succeeded by
Percy Stafford Allen
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