Tom Revill

Tom Revill

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Fredrick Revill
Date of birth	1892
Place of birth	Bolsover, England
Date of death	1979
Place of death	Mansfield, England
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1911–1912	Chesterfield	17	(19)
1911–1914	Stoke	74	(24)
1914–1915	Chesterfield
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Thomas "Tom" Frederick Revill (9 May 1892 – 29 March 1979) was an English cricketer and footballer.

Cricket career

Revill was born at Bolsover, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire against Somerset in July 1913 and played one more match that season. After World War I he returned to Derbyshire for eight matches in 1919 and made his top score of 65 not out against Northamptonshire. He played just one game in 1920.

Revill was a left-hand batsman and played 20 innings in 11 first class matches with an average of 14.43 and a top score of 65 not out. He was a leg-break and googly bowler, but did not perform in the first class game.^[1]

Revill died at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire at the age of 86. His son Alan Revill also played cricket for Derbyshire.

Football career

He began with youth sides in his native Bolsover before joining Chesterfield in 1911. He scored 19 goals in 17 Midland League games for Chesterfield, and was transferred to Stoke for £200 in February 1912.^[2] He returned to Bolsover in 1914 to play for the local colliery team and turned out with Chesterfield as a war guest during the 1915-16 and 1916-17 seasons. He made 74 appearances for Stoke scoring 24 goals.^[3]

Tom Revill

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Frederick Revill
Born	9 May 1892 Bolsover, Derbyshire, England
Died	29 March 1979 (aged 86) Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Leg-break and googly bowler
Relations	Alan Revill
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1913–1920	Derbyshire
First-class debut	14 July 1913 Derbyshire v Somerset
Last First-class	22 May 1920 Derbyshire v Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 11 Runs scored 231 Batting average 14.43 100s/50s /1 Top score 65* Balls bowled Wickets Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling Catches/stumpings 6/-
Source: , January 2012

References

1. Thomas Revill at Cricket Archive
2. Basson, Stuart. "Chesterfield Town FC, 1911-12" (Excel spreadsheet). Chesterfield F.C. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
3. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.