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Thomas Allsopp

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Thomas Allsopp
Personal details
Born (1880-12-18)18 December 1880
Leicester, England
Died 7 March 1919(1919-03-07) (aged 38)
Norwich, England
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Thomas Charlesworth Allsopp (18 December 1880 – 7 March 1919) was an English cricketer and footballer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire County Cricket Club and Marylebone Cricket Club.[2] His highest score of 32 came when playing for Leicestershire in the match against Hampshire.[3] His best bowling of 6/85 came when playing for Leicestershire against London County.[4]

He also played 27 Minor Counties Championship games for Norfolk.[5]

He also played 2 matches for Norfolk against Essex second XI team.[6]

Football career[]

Allsopp played as an outside left in the Football League for Leicester Fosse and in the Southern League for Brighton & Hove Albion, Luton Town and Norwich City.[7][8][9]

Personal life[]

In May 1911, Allsopp took ownership of the Hero of Redan pub in Thorpe Road, Norwich.[10] He served as a sergeant in the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) and the Labour Corps during the First World War.[10] After returning home from the war, he fell victim to the 1918 flu pandemic and died in Norwich on 7 March 1919.[10] He was buried with military honours in Earlham Road Cemetery, Norwich.[11][12]

References[]

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 8. ISBN 190589161X. 
  2. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Thomas Allsopp". Cricket archive. 9 August 2008. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27467/f_Batting_by_Team.html. Retrieved 20 June 2018. 
  3. ↑ "Leicestershire v Hampshire". Cricket archive. 9 August 2008. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/6/6855.html. 
  4. ↑ "London County v Leicestershire". Cricket archive. 9 August 2008. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/6/6459.html. Retrieved 20 June 2018. 
  5. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Thomas Allsopp (27)". Cricket archive. 9 August 2008. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27467/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. 
  6. ↑ "Other matches played by Thomas Allsopp (3)". Cricket archive. 9 August 2008. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27467/Other_matches.html. Retrieved 20 June 2018. 
  7. ↑ Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1. 
  8. ↑ "Thomas Charlesworth Allsopp – Service Record – Football and the First World War". http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/thomas-charlesworth-allsopp-service-record/. Retrieved 20 June 2018. 
  9. ↑ "Norwich City Player Index – Tommy Allsopp". http://canaryseventyninety.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/norwich-city-player-index-tommy-allsopp.html. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Hutchinson, John. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 24". http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/leicester-fosse-and-the-first-world-war-part-24-2499337.aspx. 
  11. ↑ James, Derek. "How an old Norwich City FC postcard reminds us of brave Tommy.". http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/views/derek-james/how_an_old_norwich_city_fc_postcard_reminds_us_of_brave_tommy_1_1687087. 
  12. ↑ Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2803028/ALLSOPP,%20THOMAS%20CHARLESWORTH. Retrieved 3 October 2016. 

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