Thomas Gunston Calhoun (1795 – 6 September 1861) was an English clergyman who played a single first-class cricket match for a Kent XI in 1827.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Gunston Calhoun |
| Born | 1795 Chichester, Sussex |
| Died | 6 September 1861 (aged 65–66) Goring-by-Sea, Sussex |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1827 | Kent XI |
| Only FC | 17 September 1827 Kent XI v Sussex XI |
Source: CricInfo, 10 July 2022 | |
Calhoun was at Chichester in Sussex in 1795, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Calhoun. His father was a "substantial" landowner from the Southampton area of Hampshire and Calhoun was educated at the University of Oxford.[1][2] He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1813 and graduated from Magdalen College in 1817.[2] After graduating, he entered the Church of England, serving as curate at Ferring near Brighton in 1827 and was later vicar of Goring-by-Sea and Upper Beeding.[1][2] He was elected as a Fellow of Magdalen.[3]
Calhoun made a single first-class appearance for a Kent side in 1827, playing against a Sussex XI at the Royal New Ground at Brighton.[4] This is the only cricket match he is known to have played in and he was probably a late replacement for a missing player in the match.[1] He scored a single run in the two innings in which he batted.[5]
Calhoun died at Goring-by-Sea in 1861.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 100–101. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ a b c Foster J (1888) Alumni Oxonienses, later series, A–D, p. 209. Oxford: Parker & Co. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-07-10.)
- ^ University And Clerical Intelligence, The Times, 6 September 1841, p. 5. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 2022-07-10. (subscription required))
- ^ Thomas Calhoun, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-07-10. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Thomas Calhoun, CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
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