Yorkshire Breakthrough
Although he came late into the game, Thewlis was only the second man to emerge from Lascelles Hall, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England to play for his home county. The first, Luke Greenwood, played a significant role in his doing so: George Parr, successor to William Clarke in the management of the All-England Eleven, approached him for advice: "Greenwood, we are going to Southampton to play 22 there. Do you know a good batter?" Greenwood replied that, in Thewlis, he did, and so, on nothing more than that brief paean, Parr included him as opening batsman. He was bowled first ball and, as he left the wicket, turned and vowed to the bowler that it would not happen again; nor did it, as Thewlis worked his way to 41 not out in the second innings.
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