Thomas Mycroft (28 March 1848 — 31 August 1911) was an English
cricket
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er who played for
Derbyshire
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and
MCC between 1877 and 1887.
Mycroft was born in
Brimington,
Derbyshire
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, the son of George Mycroft and his second wife Elizabeth Lowcock. His father was an ironstone and coal miner who kept the Red Lion public house at Brimington. Mycroft became an
iron moulder
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. He was playing cricket for Chesterfield in 1871. His first-class career started in the
1877 season, when he made his debut for Derbyshire as wicket-keeper against
Kent
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, scoring eight runs. He played one more match that season. In the
1878 season he played one game for Derbyshire against the All England XI but started playing predominantly for MCC. Derbyshire over the period was well served by their regular wicket-keepers
Alfort Smith and
James Disney
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Disney was born in Butterley near Ripley, Derbyshire and became a plumber a ...
. Mycroft played a large number of non-status matches for MCC against local clubs until 1883 and one or two first-class matches for MCC each year. In 1882 against Hampshire he took a rare bowling stint of 7 overs without gaining a wicket but scored 11 and 10 in his two innings.
In the
1884 season Mycroft played ten county matches for Derbyshire, and played two games for MCC. In 1885 he played a single MCC V Derbyshire match in which he had a small bowling spell for Derbyshire. In 1887 he played for South against North and his final match was for MCC against
Oxford University
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. Mycroft was wicket keeper in all but two first-class games when he bowled in all 44 balls without a wicket. He was a left-handed batsman and played 46 innings in 24 first-class matches with a top score of 24 not out and an average of 7.78.
Thomas Mycroft at Cricket Archive
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Mycroft returned to the game as an umpire
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, from 1897 to 1905, standing in two Test
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Matches.
Mycroft died in Mickleover
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History
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at the age of 63. His half-brother, William
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, was a Derbyshire cricketer between 1873 and 1885.
References
External links
Mycroft cricketers family history - includes photograph
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1848 births
1911 deaths
Derbyshire cricketers
English Test cricket umpires
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Moldmakers
People from Brimington
Cricketers from Derbyshire
North v South cricketers
English cricketers