Thomas William Balderson (born 7 May 1999) is an English former first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Thomas William Balderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 May 1999 Stockport, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 September 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balderson was born at Stockport in May 1999. He was educated at Cheadle Hulme High School, before going up to Downing College, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Oxford University in The University Matches of 2018 at Oxford and 2019 at Fenner's.[2] He scored 20 runs in his two matches,[3] in addition to taking 3 wickets with his slow left-arm orthodox bowling,[4] including the wicket of centurion George Hargrave in the 2019 fixture.[5]
Also whilst at Cambridge, Balderson won the annual rugby 'Cuppers' competition twice for Downing College (2018/19 and 2019/20).[6]
References
edit- ^ "Player profile: Thomas Balderson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Balderson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Thomas Balderson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Thomas Balderson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Oxford University, 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Olly Smart touches down twice as Downing College defeat Gonville & Caius in Rugby Cuppers final". Cambridge Independent. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.