About Thomas Rust
Lived 1881 – 1962 (aged 81). Thomas Rust was a British cricketer.
Thomas Henry Rust (3 March 1881 – 9 August 1962) was an English cricketer. Rust was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
Rust made a single first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Lancashire at the Spa Ground, Gloucester, in the 1914 County Championship. Batting first, Gloucestershire made 155, with Rust being run out after scoring 2 runs. Lancashire responded by making 394 in their first-innings, while Gloucestershire were dismissed for 206 in their second-innings, with Rust being dismissed for a duck by Bill Huddleston. Lancashire won the match by an innings and 33 runs.
Rust also had a distinguished local football career, playing and captaining Gloucester City 62 times from 1898 to 1907, scoring 41 goals.
He died at Tredworth, Gloucestershire on 9 August 1962.
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cricketer (1881-1962)
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Thomas Rust was born on 3 March 1881 in Gloucester.
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Thomas Rust died on 9 August 1962 in Barton and Tredworth.
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Thomas Rust was a cricketer.
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Thomas Rust was British.
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