Tom Jameson

Tom Jameson
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Ormsby Jameson
Born(1892-04-04)4 April 1892
Clonsilla, Ireland
Died6 February 1965(1965-02-06) (aged 72)
Dún Laoghaire, Leinster, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg spin
RelationsWilliam Hone (grandfather)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1919–1930Marylebone Cricket Club
1919–1932Hampshire
1926–1928Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 124
Runs scored 4,675
Batting average 26.56
100s/50s 5/27
Top score 133
Balls bowled 12,559
Wickets 252
Bowling average 24.03
5 wickets in innings 11
10 wickets in match 2
Best bowling 7/92
Catches/stumpings 102/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 November 2022

Thomas Ormsby Jameson (4 April 1892 — 6 February 1965) was an Irish first-class cricketer and a soldier British Army. As a cricketer, he made 124 appearances in first-class cricket as an all-rounder. He was mostly associated with the British Army cricket team, Hampshire, and the Marylebone Cricket Club, though he also represented Ireland twice. In first-class cricket, he scored nearly 4,700 runs and took over 250 wickets. In the British Army, he was an officer in the Rifle Brigade, with whom he served in the first part of the First World War, before serving with the West African Frontier Force. A major shareholder in Jameson Irish Whiskey, he was dsecended from its founder John Jameson.