Thomas Brandon
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Thomas Brandon (dates of birth and death unknown) was a noted English cricketer of the mid-18th century who played mainly for Dartford Cricket Club and Kent. He was a good batsman for Kent during the 1750s and regularly took part in single wicket contests. Little is known of him except that he was a shopkeeper in Dartford who also acted as a churchwarden.
The earliest reference to Brandon is on 6 July 1750 when he played for Kent against Surrey at Dartford Brent. Kent won by 3 wickets.
In 1759, he was a member of the Dartford team that twice defeated All-England.
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- At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742 – 1751 by F S Ashley-Cooper in Cricket Magazine (1900) (ASW)
- Cricket Scores 1730 - 1773 by H T Waghorn (WCS)
- Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
- Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket by G B Buckley (FLPV)
- Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
- Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century by Timothy J McCann (TJM)
- The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
