# Thomas Gunn

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For the English-born illustrator, writer and war correspondent, see [Thomas Butler Gunn](/source/Thomas_Butler_Gunn).

**Thomas William Gunn** (10 July 1843 – 4 May 1908) was an English [cricketer](/source/Cricket). He played six [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) matches for [Surrey County Cricket Club](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club), three in each of the 1863 and 1869 seasons.[1]

Born at [Croydon](/source/Croydon) in 1843, Gunn was a member of the Surrey ground staff at [The Oval](/source/The_Oval).[2] Although *[Wisden](/source/Wisden)* considered that he was a "very useful" club cricketer, he played in only six matches for the county side, scoring 52 runs; the Almanack's judgement was that he "did practically nothing for the County".[2][3]

[Arthur Haygarth](/source/Arthur_Haygarth) was more positive about Gunn's abilities, writing in *Scores and Biographies* that he "possesses an excellent style, hitting well to all parts, especially forward and to leg".[4] Haygarth noted that he had been influenced by [Tom Lockyer](/source/Tom_Lockyer_(cricketer)), a fellow Croydon man who played for Surrey between 1849 and 1866, and that Gunn bowled "rather slow round-armed".[4][5]

Gunn died at Croydon in 1908. He was 64.[1]

## References

1. [Thomas Gunn](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13819.html), [CricInfo](/source/CricInfo). Retrieved 12 March 2017.

1. Obituaries in 1908, *[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)*, 1909. ([Available online](https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/227836.html) at [CricInfo](/source/CricInfo). Retrieved 8 July 2025.)

1. [Thomas Gunn](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29846/29846.html), CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2025. (subscription required)

1. Quoted in *[Wisden](/source/Wisden)*, 1909, *[op. cit.](/source/Op._cit.)*.

1. [Pioneering Croydon cricketer who led the way against Australia](https://insidecroydon.com/2023/05/21/pioneering-croydon-cricketer-who-led-the-way-against-australia/), Inside Croydon, 21 May 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

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