Nat Thomson

Nathaniel Frampton Davis Thomson (29 May 1839, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales – 2 September 1896, Burwood, Sydney) was an Australian cricketer who played in the first two Tests ever played, in 1877. Thomson has the distinction of being the first batsman dismissed in a Test match when he was clean bowled by England's Allen Hill.

Thomson was offered a position on the Australian touring team to England in 1878 but declined due to business reasons and thus finished his brief international career.

Until 1993 Wisden listed him as Nathaniel Thompson (without middle names), born 21 April 1838 in Birmingham, England, and the brief biographical details in Bill Frindall's Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1876-77 to 1977-78 list him as such. This would have made him the earliest-born of all Australian Test cricketers. However, the Births and Deaths of Cricketers section of the 1993 Wisden indicates 'research has led to changes in the details of NFD Thomson (formerly listed as Thompson) who played for Australia in these two Tests.' and since that time Thomson's name and birth information have been listed as in this article. Both Thomson and Ned Gregory are now assumed to have been born on the same day, and jointly hold the distinction of being earliest-born Australian Test cricketer.

Preceded by James Southerton	Oldest Living Test Cricketer 16 June 1880 – 2 September 1896	Succeeded by Ned Gregory

Australian first-class cricket season leading run-scorers (1850–51 to 1899–00)

1850–51: Hamilton 1851–52: Hamilton 1852–53: – 1853–54: Cavenagh 1854–55: – 1855–56: Driver/McKone 1856–57: Gilbert 1857–58: Wills 1858–59: Lewis 1859–60: Wills 1860–61: Bryant 1861–62: Caffyn 1862–63: D'Arcy 1863–64: Lockyer 1864–65: – 1865–66: N. Gregory 1866–67: Cosstick 1867–68: Wardill 1868–69: Phillips 1869–70: Gordon 1870–71: Loughnan 1871–72: Thomson 1872–73: Arthur 1873–74: – 1874–75: C. Bannerman 1875–76: D. Gregory 1876–77: C. Bannerman 1877–78: Thomson 1878–79: Ulyett 1879–80: A. Bannerman 1880–81: Horan 1881–82: Murdoch 1882–83: Bannerman 1883–84: Murdoch 1884–85: Barnes 1885–86: McIlwraith 1886–87: Shrewsbury 1887–88: Moses 1888–89: Trott 1889–90: Lyons 1890–91: Giffen 1891–92: Lyons 1892–93: Giffen 1893–94: Giffen 1894–95: Ward 1895–96: Donnan 1896–97: Lyons 1897–98: Hill 1898–99: Trumper 1899–00: Trumper

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Name	Thompson, Nat
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Short description	Australian cricketer
Date of birth	29 May 1839
Place of birth
Date of death	2 September 1896
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And grace t’overbyde hem that we wedde.
And eek I preye Jesu shorte hir lyves
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—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“But who can paint
Like Nature? Can imagination boast
Amid its gay creation, hues like hers?”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)