Alan Thomson
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Alan Thomson | ||||
Australia | ||||
Personal information | ||||
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Tests | ODIs | |||
Matches | 4 | 1 | ||
Runs scored | 22 | - | ||
Batting average | 22.00 | - | ||
100s/50s | -/- | -/- | ||
Top score | 12* | - | ||
Balls bowled | 1519 | 64 | ||
Wickets | 12 | 1 | ||
Bowling average | 54.50 | 22.00 | ||
5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
Best bowling | 3/79 | 1/22 | ||
Catches/stumpings | -/- | -/- | ||
As of 12 December 2005 |
Alan Lloyd "Froggy" Thomson (born December 2, 1945, Reservoir, Victoria) is a former Australian cricketer and Australian rules football umpire.
A right-arm fast-medium who delivered the ball with a windmill-like action, off the "wrong foot". He played in 4 Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1971.
He is famous for taking the first-ever wicket in ODI cricket (Geoff Boycott caught by Bill Lawry for 8 runs); it was his only ODI wicket.
He was also a highly respected senior Australian rules football umpire, umpiring Senior Grade VFL football, at a time when there was only one field umpire, and before the transformation of the VFL into the AFL.