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| Full name | Roland George Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 1932 Binley, Coventry, Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 May 2003 (aged 70) Coventry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949–62 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | Combined Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 11 May 1949 Warwickshire v Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 4 September 1962 Warwickshire v Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 13 January 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roland George Thompson (26 September 1932 – 16 May 2003), generally known as "Roly Thompson", was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Warwickshire between 1949 and 1962.[1] He was a right-handed tail-end batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He was born at Binley, Coventry and died at Coventry.