Thomas Dean

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Thomas Dean

Personal information

Full name

Thomas Arthur Dean

Born

21 November 1920
Gosport, Hampshire, England

Died

4 June 2004 (aged 83)
Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Leg break googly

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1956

Eastern Province

1954

Devon

1939 & 1946–1949

Hampshire

Career statistics

Competition	FC
Matches	29
Runs scored	285
Batting average	8.63
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	26
Balls bowled	3,107
Wickets	54
Bowling average	31.59
5 wickets in innings	4
10 wickets in match	1
Best bowling	7/51
Catches/stumpings	31/–

Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2010

Thomas Arthur Dean (21 November 1920 – 4 June 2004) was an English cricketer. Dean was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly.

Dean made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1939 County Championship against Somerset. In the 1939 season, Dean took his first five wicket haul against Yorkshire, with figures of 5/58 in Yorkshire's second innings. The Championship match against Yorkshire was Dean's last before the start of the Second World War.

After the war, Dean returned to playing for Hampshire. Dean's return match came against the Worcestershire in the 1946 County Championship. Dean took his only ten wicket haul in a match against Derbyshire, where Dean took his career best figures of 7/51, to give him match figures of 10/129.

From 1946 to 1949 Dean played a further 25 matches for the county, with his final match for Hampshire coming against Kent in the 1949 County Championship. In his 28 first-class matches for Hampshire, Dean scored 283 runs at an average of 9.12, with a high score of 26. With the ball Dean took 51 wickets at a bowling average of 31.11, with best figures of 7/51, one of Dean's three four wicket hauls.

In 1954 Dean joined Devon, where he represented the county in the 1954 Minor Counties Championship. Dean made his debut for Devon against Cornwall and played in four Minor Counties matches for the county, with Dean's final Minor Counties match coming against the Surrey Second XI.

Dean left Devon at the end of the 1954 season and shortly after moved to South Africa, where in 1956 he represented Eastern Province in a single first-class match against Border.

Dean died at Alexandria, Eastern Cape on 4 June 2004.

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