Thomas Hounsfield
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Thomas Douglas Hounsfield (29 April 1910 — 8 February 1994) was an English
England
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 cricket
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er who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
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 between 1938 and 1939.

Hounsfield was born at Hackenthorpe Farm, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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. He started playing for Derbyshire in the second XI in 1937 and made his County Championship debut in July 1938 in a match against Leicestershire, when he made 14 in his second innings. He played one more match for the county in 1938 but played mainly in the second XI. In 1939 he put in sixteen first team appearances and made his top score of 56 against the touring West Indies
West Indian cricket team
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 cricket team. During the Second World War while the County Championship was suspended, he continued to play regularly for Derbyshire until 1945. In the first class game, Hounsfield was a lower-order batsman and played 24 innings in 16 matches, with one half-century and an average of 13.04. During the war years he moved up the batting order and scored more highly.

Hounsfield died in Richmond, North Yorkshire
Richmond, North Yorkshire
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at the age of 84.
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