Thomas Brenchley

Thomas Harman Brenchley (c. 1822 – 19 September 1894) was an English wine merchant and distiller, and a cricketer.[1] He played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and for the Gentlemen of Kent amateur team between 1848 and 1851.[2]

He was the eldest son of John Brenchley of Wombwell Hall, Northfleet parish, Kent, and his wife Mary Rachel Harman.[1][3] His birth date is not known, but he was christened at Milton-next-Gravesend in Kent on 7 May 1822. Brenchley died at Glaneirw near Tan-y-groes in Cardiganshire, Wales in 1894.[2][4][5]

Brenchley played in 11 first-class matches, scoring a total of 115 runs.[4] He also played matches for Gravesend Cricket Club.[2] His brother Henry played in three first-class matches for Kent between 1854 and 1857.[6]

  1. ^ a b Norman, Philip (1897). Scores and Annals of the West Kent Cricket Club, 1812-1896, Originally the Prince's Plain Club: With Some Account of the Neighbourhoods of Chislehurst and Bromley and of the Families Residing There. Eyre & Spottiswoode. p. 91.
  2. ^ a b c "Thomas Brenchley". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  3. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. E. Cave. 1821. p. 562.
  4. ^ a b Thomas Brenchley, CricInfo. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  5. ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 90. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.)
  6. ^ Henry Brenchley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 April 2017.