Tom Dollery

Tom Dollery (14 October 1914 – 20 January 1987) was an English cricketer, who played for the England cricket team and Warwickshire County Cricket Club.

Life and career Thomas Edgar Dollery was born in Reading, Berkshire, It also stated: "Dollery believes that by living among his team the professional captain knows more about his men than can the amateur who stays separately. In fact, he says that sometimes he has arrived in the dressing-room on the morning of the match and sensed which bowler is likely to be off form, or to do well."

Dollery's highest score came in 1952 with 212 against Leicestershire. In the field he patrolled cover, later preferring slip, although in 1947 he spent half of the season as a makeshift wicket-keeper.

Dollery's career in Test matches was less successful. He played for England four times between 1947 and 1950, but scored only 72 runs in seven innings.

Following retirement from cricket, Tom and his wife Jean became the stewards at Edgbaston Golf Club and he was landlord of The Falcon pub in Haseley, Warwickshire. Their granddaughter, Abi, married the Warwickshire and England cricketer, Jonathan Trott, in April 2009.