Rhodri Thomas

{{short description|Welsh cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Rhodri James Alban Thomas

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|3|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire,
Wales

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role =

| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1963–1965

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 15

| runs1 = 622

| bat avg1 = 23.92

| 100s/50s1 = 1/1

| top score1 = 135*

| deliveries1 = 12

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 5.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/4

| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–

| date = 25 March

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21787.html Cricinfo

}}

Rhodri James Alban Thomas (born 13 March 1942) is a Welsh former first-class cricketer.

Thomas was born at St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire. He was educated at Radley College,{{cite book |title=St. Peter's College Radley Register, 1847-1962 |first=Robert Wilson |last=Robertson-Glasgow |date=1965 |publisher=Radleian Society |pages=609 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RpCxH0iG9fIC |language=en}} before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford.{{cite book |title=List of Members |date=1972 |publisher=University of Oxford |pages=624 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71SfAAAAMAAJ |language=en}} While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Warwickshire at Oxford in 1963. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1965, making a total of fifteen appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33267/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Rhodri Thomas |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-03-25 |url-access=subscription}} He scored a total of 622 runs in his fifteen first-class matches, at an average of 23.92 and with a high score of 135 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33267/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Rhodri Thomas |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-03-25 |url-access=subscription}} This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Northamptonshire in a high scoring match in 1963, which also saw Northamptonshire's Roger Prideaux score a double century.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26134.html |title=Oxford University v Northamptonshire, 1963 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-03-25 |url-access=subscription}}