{{Short description|South African cricketer (born 1969)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = South Africa | fullname = Russell Bernard Thomson | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|8|16}} | birth_place = Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | club1 = Oxford University | year1 = 1996 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 10 | runs1 = 34 | bat avg1 = – | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 14* | deliveries1 = 1,102 | wickets1 = 9 | bowl avg1 = 58.55 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 2/24 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | date = 24 June | year = 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21662.html Cricinfo }}
'''Russell Bernard Thomson''' (born 16 August 1969) is a South Africa former first-class cricketer.
Thomson was born at Johannesburg in August 1969. He later studied in England at Keble College at the University of Oxford.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11469/11469.html |title=Player profile: Russell Thomson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-06-25 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1996, making ten appearances, which included playing in that years University Match against Cambridge at Lord's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11469/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Russell Thomson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-06-25 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> A right-arm medium pace, Thomson took 9 wickets in his ten matches an average of 58.55, with best figures of 2 for 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11469/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Russell Thomson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-06-25 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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