Thomas Oates
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Thomas William Oates was a first class cricketer and test match umpire http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18297.html. Born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
in 1875 he played 434 matches for London County and Nottinghamshire as a wicket keeper and right-handed batsman. He took 758 catches and completed 235 stumpings and scored 5976 runs with a best of 88. He then turned to umpiring, standing in 5 tests between his first, the England v West Indies match at the Oval in 1928 and his last, the Ashes match at Headingley in 1930. He died in the town of his birth in 1949.
Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
Eastwood is a former coal mining town in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England. With a population of over 18,000, it is northwest of Nottingham, and northeast of Derby, on the border between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Mentioned in Domesday Book, it expanded rapidly during the...
in 1875 he played 434 matches for London County and Nottinghamshire as a wicket keeper and right-handed batsman. He took 758 catches and completed 235 stumpings and scored 5976 runs with a best of 88. He then turned to umpiring, standing in 5 tests between his first, the England v West Indies match at the Oval in 1928 and his last, the Ashes match at Headingley in 1930. He died in the town of his birth in 1949.