{{short description|Australian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Theophilus Wilson | country = Australia | fullname = Theophilus Stuart Beatty Wilson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1870|08|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Springsure, Queensland, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|05|19|1870|08|15|df=yes}} | death_place = Springsure, Queensland, Australia | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast
| club1 = Oxford University | year1 = 1892–1893
| type1 = First-class | debutdate1 = 19 May | debutyear1 = 1892 | debutfor1 = Oxford University | debutagainst1 = Gentlemen of England | lastdate1 = 3 July | lastyear1 = 1893 | lastfor1 = Oxford University | lastagainst1 = Cambridge University
| columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 17 | runs1 = 186 | bat avg1 = 6.41 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 36 | deliveries1 = 2,244 | wickets1 = 46 | bowl avg1 = 22.02 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 4/23 | catches/stumpings1 = 12/–
| date = 20 November | year = 2012 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33968/33968.html CricketArchive }} '''Theophilus Stuart Beatty Wilson''' (15 August 1870 – 19 May 1941) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1892 and 1893.<ref name="caprof">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33968/33968.html |title=Player Profile: Theophilus Wilson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> A fast bowler, he took six wickets in the two University matches against Cambridge.<ref name="Bolton">Bolton (1962), pp. 140–147.</ref>
Wilson was initially educated at Bath College, where he played in the school's cricket team for four years, captaining the side in his final year.<ref name="obit">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/229835.html |title=Obituaries in 1941 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> He continued his education at Trinity College, Oxford.<ref>Bolton (1962), p. 367.</ref> At Oxford he played in a strong side captained by Lionel Palairet and including C. B. Fry.<ref name="obit"/> He earned his Blue—the awarding of the Oxford "colours" to sportsmen—in each of 1892 and 1893 when he played in the University match against Cambridge, and in the latter year caused some discussion when batting. Oxford required five runs to avoid the follow-on, and Wilson was at the crease with William Brain, the last two men for their side. ''Wisden'' relates that: "The two batsmen consulted together between the wickets and it was evident that the Dark Blues were going to throw away a wicket in order that their side might go in again. C. M. Wells frustrated this intention by bowling two wide balls to the boundary."<ref name="obit"/> Partially as a result of this, the follow on rule was adjusted for the subsequent season.<ref name="Bolton"/> In all, Wilson played 17 first-class matches, all for Oxford, and took 46 wickets at an average of 22.02.<ref name="caprof"/> While at Oxford, he also played rugby union, representing his college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk/statistics/club/1892-1893.htm |title=Clifton Rugby Football Club History: 1892–1893 |publisher=Clifton Rugby Football Club |accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref> In 1898, he was chosen in a cricket team to represent Rockhampton in a match against Brisbane.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3683412?searchTerm= |title=Visit of Rockhampton Team |work=The Brisbane Courier |date=1 December 1898 |page=7 |accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref>
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==Bibliography== *{{cite book |last=Bolton |first=Geoffrey |title=History of the O.U.C.C. |edition=1st |year=1962 |publisher=Holywell Press |location=Oxford}}
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