{{short description|Welsh cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Rhodri James Alban Thomas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|3|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire,<br>Wales | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Oxford University | year1 = 1963–1965 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 15 | runs1 = 622 | bat avg1 = 23.92 | 100s/50s1 = 1/1 | top score1 = 135* | deliveries1 = 12 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 5.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 1/4 | catches/stumpings1 = 10/– | date = 25 March | year = 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21787.html Cricinfo }}
'''Rhodri James Alban Thomas''' (born 13 March 1942) is a Welsh former first-class cricketer.
Thomas was born at St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire. He was educated at Radley College,<ref>{{cite book |title=St. Peter's College Radley Register, 1847-1962 |first=Robert Wilson |last=Robertson-Glasgow |date=1965 |publisher=Radleian Society |pages=609 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RpCxH0iG9fIC |language=en}}</ref> before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford.<ref>{{cite book |title=List of Members |date=1972 |publisher=University of Oxford |pages=624 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71SfAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Warwickshire at Oxford in 1963. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1965, making a total of fifteen appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33267/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Rhodri Thomas |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-03-25 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored a total of 622 runs in his fifteen first-class matches, at an average of 23.92 and with a high score of 135 not out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33267/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Rhodri Thomas |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-03-25 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Northamptonshire in a high scoring match in 1963, which also saw Northamptonshire's Roger Prideaux score a double century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26134.html |title=Oxford University v Northamptonshire, 1963 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-03-25 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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