[2] He was a member of Hawkhurst Cricket Club[a] and made his first-class debut for a Kent side against one from Sussex, playing in a pair of matches organised by the club in 1825, one at Brighton and the other at Hawkhurst Moor.
He played a single match for an England XI later in the year.
[b][2] The following year Thwaites played for an England XI before playing for Sussex in July and then for Kent in a repeat of the pair of matches against Sussex in August.
He married Mary Standen in the town in 1833; the couple had eight children.
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