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Thomas Henry Rust (3 March 1881 – 9 August 1962) was an English cricketer. Rust was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Gloucester, Gloucestershire.

Rust made a single first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Lancashire at the Spa Ground, Gloucester, in the 1914 County Championship. Batting first, Gloucestershire made 155, with Rust being run out after scoring 2 runs. Lancashire responded by making 394 in their first-innings, while Gloucestershire were dismissed for 206 in their second-innings, with Rust being dismissed for a duck by Bill Huddleston. Lancashire won the match by an innings and 33 runs.

Rust also had a distinguished local football career, playing and captaining Gloucester City 62 times from 1898 to 1907, scoring 41 goals.

He died at Tredworth, Gloucestershire on 9 August 1962.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Rust". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
2. "Gloucestershire v Lancashire, 1914 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
3. Clark, Timothy R.D.; Kujawa, Rob (2009). The Complete Record of Gloucester City AFC 1883–2009. Gloucester: Tiger Timbo Publications. ISBN 978-0-9557425-1-4.

External links

• Thomas Rust at ESPNcricinfo
• Thomas Rust at CricketArchive

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