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Thomas Dashwood
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Henry Knyvett Dashwood
Born(1876-01-03)3 January 1876
St Ippollitts, Hertfordshire, England
Died24 January 1929(1929-01-24) (aged 53)
Fulham, London, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1898–1907Hertfordshire
1899Oxford University
1904Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 18
Runs scored 334
Batting average 11.92
100s/50s –/1
Top score 70
Catches/stumpings 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 January 2010

Thomas Henry Knyvett Dashwood (3 January 1876 – 24 January 1929) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of T. A. Dashwood, he was born in January 1876 at St Ippollitts, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Wellington College, where he captained the cricket eleven.[1] From there, he matriculated to University College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, Dashwood made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club against Surrey and Sussex in 1899;[3] against Sussex, he made what would be his only half century, with a score of 70.[4] He also played a third first-class match in 1899, for an England XI against the touring Australians at Truro.[3]

After graduating from Oxford, Dashwood was later chosen to tour the West Indies with Richard Bennett's personal eleven from January–April 1902.[1] On the tour, he made thirteen first-class appearances on the touring, appearing against regional first-class colonial teams such as British Guinea, Jamaica, and Trinidad, in addition to the West Indies cricket team.[3] On the tour, he scored 200 runs at an average of 11.11, with a highest score of 32.[5] Dashwood recorded a century in a non-first-class fixture on the tour, with 120 not out against St Elizabeth Cricket Club in Jamaica.[1] Two years later, he made two final first-class appearances for Hampshire in the 1904 County Championship against Leicestershire and Yorkshire.[3] He also played cricket at minor counties level for Hertfordshire, making sixteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship between 1898 and 1907.[6]

Dashwood later served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned into the Army Service Corps as a temporary second lieutenant in September 1915.[7] He was made a temporary lieutenant in January 1916,[8] with a further temporary appointment to captain following in June 1916.[9] Following the war, he was made a brevet major in June 1919.[10] Dashwood relinquished his commission following the completion of his service, retaining the rank of captain.[11] He died in London at West Kensington on 24 January 1929, from heart failure as a result of influenza.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Wisden – Obituaries in 1929". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. ^ Bevir, Joseph Louis; Strangways, Arthur Henry Fox (1923). Wellington College Register, 1859-1923. Hunt.
  3. ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Dashwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Sussex v Oxford University, University Match 1899". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  5. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Thomas Dashwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Thomas Dashwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  7. ^ "No. 29308". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 September 1915. p. 9517.
  8. ^ "No. 29463". The London Gazette. 4 February 1916. p. 1368.
  9. ^ "No. 29626". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1916. p. 6043.
  10. ^ "No. 31377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1919. p. 7008.
  11. ^ "No. 31518". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 August 1919. p. 10711.
  12. ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 45111. London. 26 January 1929. p. 1.
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