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Frederick Thornhill

Frederick Thornhill

English cricketer

Frederick Thornhill (25 September 1846 – 23 July 1876) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1876.

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Thornhill was born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, the son of Richard Thornhill (1817-1896) and his wife Eliza Reynolds (1824-1907) and became an engine stoker and later a guard for the Midland Railway.[1] He took part in a cricket match playing for Birmingham in 1866. He made a single appearance for Derbyshire in the 1876 season, against Lancashire in June, when he mode no score in either innings.[2]

Just over a month later, Thornhill died at the age of 29 at Toton Sidings, the largest marshalling yards of the Midland Railway.[3]

Thornhill married Elizabeth Bywater on 19 November 1867 in St John the Baptist Church, Beeston. They had the following children:

  • Elizabeth Thornhill (1868-1956)
  • Frederick Thornhill (b. 1870)
  • Mary Ann Thornhill (1872-1948)
  • Annie Maria Thornhill (1875-1951)
  • Emily Thornhill (1876-1946)

References

  1. [1]
    Beresford Family History
  2. [2]
    Frederick Thornhill at Cricket Archive
  3. [3]
    "The Shocking Death of a Derbyshire Cricketer". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 28 July 1876. Retrieved 10 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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