[1] Scorecards for matches of his time are often incomplete and his precise career bowling figures are also unknown; in addition, his bowling style may be suspect, as, in 1841, there were two matches billed as between the "Fast Bowlers" and the "Slow Bowlers", and Thackeray played in both, once for each side.
[1] From 1839, he played after the university term was over for MCC and a variety of other teams, including the Cambridge Town Club, and he had more success as a batsman in some of these matches: his highest first-class score was an innings of 73 made for the MCC against the North at Burton upon Trent in 1840.
Thackeray graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1840, and the following year as a Bachelor of Medicine, having been in receipt of one of the Tancred scholarships endowed at Gonville and Caius for aspiring medical doctors.
[2] He did not practise as a doctor, however, and in 1844 he was ordained as a Church of England deacon, becoming a priest in 1845.
[2] He was a curate at St Thomas' church in Stockport from 1844 to 1846 (which explains his appearance for Manchester Cricket Club in 1845) and then from 1847 to his death in 1892 he was vicar of Shopland in Essex and curate at nearby Great Wakering.