Nat Thomson

Nat Thomson

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	-
International information
National side	Australian
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	2	27
Runs scored	67	705
Batting average	16.75	14.09
100s/50s	0/0	0/3
Top score	41	73
Balls bowled	112	1472
Wickets	1	23
Bowling average	31.00	22.26
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	1/14	3/13
Catches/stumpings	3/0	23/7
Source: Cricinfo,

Nathaniel Frampton Davis Thomson (29 May 1839, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales – 2 September 1896, Burwood, Sydney) was an Australian cricketer who played in the first two Tests ever played, in 1877. Thomson has the distinction of being the first batsman dismissed in a Test match when he was clean bowled by England's Allen Hill.

Thomson was offered a position on the Australian touring team to England in 1878 but declined due to business reasons and thus finished his brief international career.

Until 1993 Wisden listed him as Nathaniel Thompson (without middle names), born 21 April 1838 in Birmingham, England, and the brief biographical details in Bill Frindall's Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1876-77 to 1977-78 list him as such. This would have made him the earliest-born of all Australian Test cricketers. However, the Births and Deaths of Cricketers section of the 1993 Wisden indicates 'research has led to changes in the details of NFD Thomson (formerly listed as Thompson) who played for Australia in these two Tests.' and since that time Thomson's name and birth information have been listed as in this article. Both Thomson and Ned Gregory are now assumed to have been born on the same day, and jointly hold the distinction of being earliest-born Australian Test cricketer.

Preceded by James Southerton	Oldest Living Test Cricketer 16 June 1880 – 2 September 1896	Succeeded by Ned Gregory
Notes and references
1. Jointly with E J Gregory

Persondata
Name	Thompson, Nat
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	29 May 1839
Place of birth
Date of death	2 September 1896
Place of death