[1] Thorne was a right-arm pace bowler and useful lower-order batsman.
His best first-class bowling figures were 8 for 101 against the touring New Zealanders in 1961–62.
[3] His only century came against Orange Free State in 1962–63, when he scored exactly 100.
[4] In his first first-class match, aged 18, against the touring MCC in 1948–49, Thorne's first wicket was of Len Hutton, bowled.
[5] Thorne coached for many years in South Africa, much of the time in the black townships, before settling in England.