Thomas Edward Tweed (11 December 1904 — 23 March 1973) was a Sri Lankan first-class

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er. Tweed was born at

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in December 1904. He was educated in Colombo at both the

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and

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, before studying in England at the

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. While studying at Cambridge, he played

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for

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in 1925 and 1926, making four appearances. He scored 97 runs in these four matches, at an

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of 19.40 and with a highest score of 24. With his right-arm

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, he took 5 wickets with best figures of 2 for 30. Tweed died at Colombo in March 1973.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tweed, Thomas 1904 births 1973 deaths Cricketers from Colombo Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia Alumni of the University of Cambridge Sri Lankan cricketers Cambridge University cricketers