Rhodri James Alban Thomas (born 13 March 1942) is a Welsh former first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Rhodri James Alban Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1942-03-13) 13 March 1942 (age 80) St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1963–1965 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 March 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas was born at St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire. He was educated at Radley College,[1] before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Warwickshire at Oxford in 1963. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1965, making a total of fifteen appearances.[3] He scored a total of 622 runs in his fifteen first-class matches, at an average of 23.92 and with a high score of 135 not out.[4] This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Northamptonshire in a high scoring match in 1963, which also saw Northamptonshire's Roger Prideaux score a double century.[5]