deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor country death_place club onetype fivefor batting name fullname birth_place column source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
0 3 october 1899 1 29/19 1839 2008 14 october 1819 -- england longford , england cambridge university true -- right hand batsmen thomas anson thomas anson westminster , england fc http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/archive/players/27/27492/27492.html 1819 10 14 yes 872 0 -- / 1 44 thomas anson -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

thomas anson -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

thomas anchitel anson -lrb- 14 october 1818 -- 3 october 1899 -rrb- was an english clergyman and cricketer from the anson family .
he played first class cricket for cambridge university from 1839 to 1842 and for marylebone cricket club from 1839 to 1845 .
anson was the seventh son of general sir george anson and the younger brother of talavera vernon anson .
he was educated at eton and jesus college , cambridge where he was a cricketer and rower .
he was awarded his cricket ` blue ' , in 1839 and was described as one of the best amateur wicketkeepers of his day .
he also played for teams including cambridge town club , england , gentlemen , gentlemen of england , gentlemen of the south , oxford and cambridge universities and slow bowlers .
his highest score of 72 not out came when playing for marylebone cricket club in a match against oxford university in 1841 .
in the same year anson rowed for the cambridge subscription rooms crew that won the grand challenge cup at henley royal regatta .
anson was ordained deacon -lrb- london -rrb- on 18 december 1842 and priest -lrb- norwich -rrb- on 13 august 1843 .
he was curate of mistley , essex , from 1842 to 1843 , rector of billingford , norfolk , from 1843 to 1850 and rector of longford , derbyshire from 1850 to 1899 .
he was rural dean from 1869 to 1899 .
anson died at the longford rectory aged 80 .
anson married ann jane packe , daughter of lieutenant colonel henry packe of twyford hall , norfolk , on 5 august 1846 .
