13 Facts About Tom Longfield

Thomas Cuthbert Longfield was an English cricketer.

Tom Longfield played first-class cricket for several teams including Cambridge University, Kent County Cricket Club and Bengal.

Tom Longfield was born at High Halstow in Kent and educated at Aldenham School where he played in the cricket XI.

Tom Longfield went to Cambridge University and won cricket Blues in 1927 and 1928, making a total of 25 first-class appearances for the University side.

Tom Longfield made his Kent debut in the 1927 University vacation and went on to play a total of 40 times for the county First XI, playing his last county match in 1939.

Tom Longfield was able to play for Kent only when he returned to England on leave.

Tom Longfield played for a variety of teams whilst in India, including the Europeans and Bengal.

Tom Longfield was involved with the Calcutta Cricket Club and went on to become president whilst living in India, captaining the team for a time and was President of the club three times.

Tom Longfield was a major influence in the Cricket Association of Bengal.

Tom Longfield was third in the Cambridge bowling averages in 1927 taking 46 wickets, followed by 44 in 1928, although for Kent he was "curiously ineffective" as a bowler.

Tom Longfield was second in the Cambridge batting averages in 1927.

Tom Longfield's daughter Susan, who was born in Calcutta whilst Tom Longfield worked in India and was a successful model, married Ted Dexter in 1959.

Tom Longfield died at Ealing in Middlesex in 1981 aged 75.