About Thomas Hornby
Lived 1831 – 1900 (aged 68). Thomas Hornby was a cricketer.
Thomas Whitfield Hornby (2 October 1831 – 1 April 1900) was an English first-class cricketer.
Hornby was born at Stockton-on-Tees. He made three appearances in first-class cricket, the first of which came for a combined Yorkshire and Durham cricket team against Nottinghamshire at Stockton-on-Tees in 1858. His next appearance came for a combined Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees cricket team against Cambridgeshire in 1861, while his third appearance came for England against Surrey at The Oval in 1864. Outside of cricket he was a hotelier, with Hornby running the Black Lion Hotel on Stockton High Street in 1892. He died at Stockton-on-Tees in April 1900.
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Who was Thomas Hornby?
(1831-1900)
When was Thomas Hornby born?
Thomas Hornby was born on 2 October 1831 in Stockton-on-Tees.
When did Thomas Hornby die?
Thomas Hornby died on 1 April 1900 in County Durham, Non-international England cricket teams, Stockton-on-Tees.
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Thomas Hornby was a cricketer.
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