Thomas Latham (cricketer)

Thomas Latham (22 June 1847 – 13 January 1926) was an English barrister and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1873 and 1874.^[1] He was born in St Pancras, London, the son of Henry Latham, a Chancery registrar, and died at Folkestone, Kent.^[2]

As a cricketer, Latham was a middle-order right-handed batsman. After non-first-class trials matches in 1872, he played fairly regularly in first-team matches for Cambridge University in 1873, and he was picked for the University Match against Oxford University, in which he scored 0 and 48 in a match that Cambridge lost narrowly.^[3] The 48 was Latham's highest score in first-class cricket. In 1874 he played for MCC against Cambridge University in the university's match immediately before the University Match, and then was picked for his second game against Oxford; this time, he was less successful with innings of 1 and 4, and Cambridge lost the game by an innings.^[4] It was Latham's last appearance in first-class cricket, though he appeared in minor matches for amateur teams to the mid-1880s.