Arthur Thomas (Glamorgan cricketer)

{{short description|Welsh cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Arthur Thomas

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Arthur Emlyn Thomas

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|5|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|2|11|1895|5|7|df=yes}}

| death_place = Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, Wales

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| family =

| club1 = Glamorgan

| year1 = 1913 & 1925

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 15

| bat avg1 = 7.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 11

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 3 July

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21504.html Cricinfo

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Arthur Emlyn Thomas (7 May 1895 – 11 February 1953) was a Welsh cricketer, born in Briton Ferry, Glam.

Thomas was a right-handed batsman. He made his debut for Glamorgan in the 1913 Minor Counties Championship against the Surrey Second XI, in what was his only Minor Counties appearance for the county.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4684/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Arthur Thomas]

By 1925, Glamorgan was a first-class county. Thomas made his only first-class appearance for Glamorgan in the 1925 County Championship against Northamptonshire at St. Helen's, Swansea.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4684/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Arthur Thomas] In this match he scored 15 runs, leaving him with a batting average of 7.50 and a top score of 11.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4684/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Thomas]

Thomas died in the town of his birth on 11 February 1953.