Thomas William Oates (9 August 1875 – 18 June 1949), named Tom Oates in some contexts, was a first-class cricketer and Test match umpire.
[1] Born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, in 1875, Oates played 434 matches for London County and Nottinghamshire as a wicket keeper and right-handed batsman between 1897 and 1925.
He took 758 catches and completed 235 stumpings and scored 5976 runs with a best of 88.
He held the Nottinghamshire record for dismissals (967: 744 catches and 223 stumpings) until it was broken by Chris Read in 2017.
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