Thomas Warsop
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Thomas Warsop was an English cricket
er who played first-class cricket
for Nottingham Cricket Club from 1800 to 1803. He had three brothers Robert
, William
and Samuel who made their Nottingham debuts in 1789, 1789 and 1792 respectively.
Thomas Warsop made three known appearances in first-class matches. He was a right-handed batsman but better known as a right arm slow underarm bowler. He captained the Nottingham team, but only in minor matches, before Joseph Dennis
took over.
Often afflicted with gout, Warsop was "consequencely [sic] rather a snail between the wickets" . He retired after the 1823 season
. He died at his home in Pepper Street, Nottingham, at the age of sixty-five.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Nottingham Cricket Club from 1800 to 1803. He had three brothers Robert
Robert Warsop
Robert Warsop was an English professional cricketer who made 7 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1789 to 1826.-External sources:* *...
, William
William Warsop
William Warsop was an English professional cricketer who made 3 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1789 to 1791.-External sources:* *...
and Samuel who made their Nottingham debuts in 1789, 1789 and 1792 respectively.
Thomas Warsop made three known appearances in first-class matches. He was a right-handed batsman but better known as a right arm slow underarm bowler. He captained the Nottingham team, but only in minor matches, before Joseph Dennis
Joseph Dennis
Joseph Dennis was an English first-class cricketer who played for Nottingham Cricket Club from 1800 to 1829.-Career:...
took over.
Often afflicted with gout, Warsop was "consequencely [sic] rather a snail between the wickets" . He retired after the 1823 season
1823 English cricket season
In the 1823 English cricket season, Henry Bentley issued his Correct Account of all Matches, 1786–1822.-Honours:* Most runs – William Ward 328 * Most wickets – William Ashby 23 -Events:...
. He died at his home in Pepper Street, Nottingham, at the age of sixty-five.