Thomas Eastwood Dickinson (11 January 1931 – 25 June 2018) was an Australian-born first-class cricket player for Lancashire in 1950 and 1951 and for Somerset in 1957.
Though born in Australia, Dickinson was educated in England at Blackburn Grammar School and Manchester University, where he gained a BSc in Maths.
[4] Such was the dominance of Lancashire's spin attack of Roy Tattersall, Bob Berry, Malcolm Hilton and Peter Greenwood that Dickinson bowled only 56 overs in his four matches for the side in 1950 and 1951, never taking more than one wicket in any innings.
Dickinson's batting was negligible, and in nine first-class matches he did not ever reach double figures.
The Somerset historian David Foot, however, remembered his batting style: "More than once I saw him switch from left to right hand in the middle of an over – not to attempt the contentious reverse sweep but to deceive the fielders and show he could play the cover drive on both sides," he wrote.