Thomas Chignell

{{short description|English cricketer and dentist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Thomas Chignell

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Thomas Alexander Chignell

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|10|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Havant, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|8|25|1880|10|31|df=yes}}

| death_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm slow-medium

| role =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1901–1904

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 18

| runs1 = 181

| bat avg1 = 10.05

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 29*

| deliveries1 = 1,858

| wickets1 = 33

| bowl avg1 = 33.57

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 5/68

| catches/stumpings1 = 11/–

| date = 18 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10720.html Cricinfo

}}

Thomas Alexander Chignell (31 October 1880 — 25 August 1965) was an English first-class cricketer and dentist.

Chignell was born at Havant in October 1880. A club cricketer for Havant Cricket Club, who he also assisted for many years,{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/234625.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1965|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=5 February 2023}} Chignell made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Kent at Tonbridge in the 1901 County Championship. He played first-class cricket occasionally for Hampshire until 1904, making eighteen appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6533/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Thomas Chignell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 February 2023|url-access=subscription}} Described by Wisden as a "slow bowler" who "played some useful innings", he scored 181 runs in his eighteen matches, at an average of 10.05 and with a highest score of 29 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6533/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Thomas Chignell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 February 2023|url-access=subscription}} With the ball, he took 33 wickets at a bowling average of 33.57; he took one five wicket haul, with figures of 5 for 68 against Derbyshire in 1903.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6533/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Thomas Chignell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 February 2023|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6186.html|title=Hampshire v Derbyshire, County Championship 1903|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 February 2023|url-access=subscription}} Outside of cricket, Chignell was a dentist. He ran a dental practice in Emsworth.{{cite book |title=The Dentists Register|date=1963|publisher=Spottiswoode & Co.|page=117|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYFPAQAAIAAJ|language=en}} Chignell died at the Royal Portsmouth Hospital in August 1965.