Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Henry Edmund Symes-Thompson | ||||||||||||||
Born | 22 June 1873 Marylebone, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 18 January 1952 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 78)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Relations |
Francis Symes-Thompson (brother) Arthur Page (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1894–1895 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
1896–1906 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 22 April 2021 |
Henry Edmund Symes-Thompson (22 June 1873 – 18 January 1952) was an English first-class cricketer and physician.
The son of Edmund Symes-Thompson, he was born at Marylebone in June 1873. He was educated at Winchester College, [1] before going up to Christ's College, Cambridge. [2] While studying at Cambridge University, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club on four occasions in 1894 and 1895, [3] though did not gain a blue. [4] Besides playing first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Symes-Thompson also played for the Marylebone Cricket Club on four occasions between 1896 and 1906. [3] He scored a total of 174 runs in eight first-class appearances, averaging 11.60 with a highest score of 31. [5]
After gaining his medical degree from Cambridge, Symes-Thompson trained at St George's Hospital in London. [1] He was a house surgeon and physician at Westminster Hospital and later a physician at the Royal Northern Hospital and the Royal Brompton Hospital. His final medical post was as a physician at St George's Hospital. [2] His son, Richard, followed in his fathers footsteps and also became a physician. He was killed during the last major bombing raid on London in May 1941. [6] Symes-Thompson died at Oxford in January 1952. [4] His brother, Francis, also played first-class cricket, as did his brother-in-law Arthur Page.