Reginald Thoy

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Reginald Thoy
country = England
fullname = Reginald Ernest Thoy
dayofbirth = 12
monthofbirth = 5
yearofbirth = 1921
placeofbirth =
countryofbirth = Singapore
dayofdeath = 2
monthofdeath = 12
yearofdeath = 1993
placeofdeath = Maidstone, Kent
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed
club1 = DR Jardine's XI
year1 = 1955-1957
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 29 June
debutyear1 = 1955
debutfor1 = DR Jardine's XI
debutagainst1 = Oxford University
lastdate1 = 3 July
lastyear1 = 1957
lastfor1 = DR Jardine's XI
lastagainst1 = Oxford University
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 2
runs1 = 24
bat avg1 = 8.00
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 13
deliveries1 = 0
wickets1 = -
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = -
best bowling1 = -
catches/stumpings1 = 3/0
date = 29 December
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/33/33311/33311.html CricketArchive

Reginald Ernest Thoy (12 May 1921 – 2 December 1993) was an English cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21832.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handed batsman, he played two first-class matches in the 1950s. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/33/33311/33311.html CricketArchive profile] ]

Biography

Born in Singapore in 1921, Thoy's first recorded cricket was two matches for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in 1939 and 1940. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/33/33311/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Reginald Thoy] at CricketArchive]

In England after the war, he played a Minor Counties Championship match for the Kent Second XI against the Surrey Second XI in 1948, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/33/33311/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html Minor Counties Championship matches played by Reginald Thoy] at CricketArchive] though he never played for the first team. He later played two first-class matches for DR Jardine's XI against Oxford University in 1955 and 1957. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/33/33311/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Reginald Thoy] at CricketArchive]

He died in Maidstone, Kent in 1993, though his obituary in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack incorrectly gives his year of death as 1994. [Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1995, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/236517.html Obituaries] ]

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