Player: | T Emmett |
EMMETT, Thomas.
Professional.
Born at Crib Lane, Halifax, Yorkshire, 3rd September 1841.
Died at Leicester, 30th June 1904.
He played his early cricket with the Illingworth Club, taking up his first professional engagement at Halifax followed by three years at Keighley. He played his first game for Yorkshire in 1866 and in a long first-class career he played 426 first-class matches, including 298 for Yorkshire and seven Test Matches. He toured Australia three times and North America once. He captained Yorkshire 1878-82, and played on until 1888. He was engaged as a professional at Middlesborough in the 1870s. He coached at Stonyhurst College and later for a long spell at Rugby, also acting as groundsman at Rugby. He later coached at Leicester, where he lived with his son, Arthur, who appeared for Leicestershire in 1902.
At the time of the 1881 Census he was living at 21 Albert Street, Keighley, Yorkshire, aged 39, a professional cricketer. His wife Grace was aged 36, and his four daughters, Clara aged 17, Frances A. aged 7, Evelyn aged 5 and Edith aged 2, and his two sons Arthur aged 12 and Albert aged 9. Albert, Frances and Evelyn were all born at Middlesborough.
(Article: Copyright © 2003 Don Ambrose)
LATEST SCORES
CURRENT EVENTS
- Afghanistan and Bangladesh in United Arab Emirates 2024/25
- China Women's T20I Quadrangular Series 2024/25
- England in West Indies 2024/25
- ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League Two 2023/24 to 2027
- ICC World Test Championship 2023 to 2025
- India in Australia 2024/25
- India in South Africa 2024/25
- Kenya Women in Rwanda 2024/25
- Myanmar in Indonesia 2024/25
- Netherlands in Oman 2024/25
- New Zealand in India 2024/25
- New Zealand Women in India 2024/25
- Pakistan in Australia 2024/25
- Singapore Women's T20I Tri-Series 2024/25
- South Africa in Bangladesh 2024/25
- United States of America Women in Zimbabwe 2024/25
View all Current Events CLICK HERE