Thomas Jure was a noted English cricket

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er of the mid-18th century who played for the famous London Cricket Club

London Cricket Club

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 and also for All-England

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Known to have been a good batsman, Jure is first recorded on 9 July 1747 playing for Robert Colchin

Robert Colchin

Robert "Long Robin" Colchin was a highly influential professional English cricketer of the mid-Georgian period at a time when the single wicket version of the game was popular.-Cricket career:...

's XI versus William Hodsoll

William Hodsoll

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's XI at the Artillery Ground

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. The match involved numerous leading players of the day .

Jure was a noted single wicket

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 competitor and, later in the 1747 season

1747 English cricket season

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 he played in a high stakes "threes" tournament that also included Robert Colchin

Robert Colchin

Robert "Long Robin" Colchin was a highly influential professional English cricketer of the mid-Georgian period at a time when the single wicket version of the game was popular.-Cricket career:...

, John Harris, Val Romney

Val Romney

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, Stephen Dingate

Stephen Dingate

Stephen Dingate was a leading English cricketer of the mid-Georgian period. He almost certainly began playing in the 1720s and was one of the best known players in England through the 1740s....

 and Richard Newland

Richard Newland

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Jure is last noted in a major match in June 1749. His career therefore seems to have been short but there is no doubt he was deemed good enough to play at the highest level and must have been a leading player, if only for a few seasons .