Sam Thomson (sportsman, born 1911)
Sam Thomson (Samuel Johnstone Thomson) (27 May 1911 – 23 March 1995) was a Scottish amateur sportsman who played football and cricket.
In football, Thomson was a centre half for Queen's Park in the Scottish League from 1935 to 1942, making 24 league appearances. He was capped once for Scotland at amateur level in 1937.
In cricket, he played for Ferguslie Cricket Club and represented Scotland in first-class matches. He was a right-handed batsman and a leg break googly bowler. He made his Scotland first-class debut against Ireland in Glasgow in July 1938, and played against Yorkshire in Harrogate soon after. After World War II, he played two more first-class games for Scotland (1946 vs Ireland and 1951 vs Warwickshire on Scotland’s tour of England). In total, he played four first-class matches, scoring 75 runs with a top score of 21 not out, and taking 17 wickets with a bowling average of 14.47. His best bowling was 5 for 54 on debut.
Life outside sport: He was born in Johnstone, educated at Camphill Secondary School and the University of Glasgow, and became a schoolteacher. During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, starting as an emergency commission and rising to flight officer on probation in 1943.
He died in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, on 23 March 1995, aged 83.
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