Tom Jameson
Thomas Ormsby Jameson (4 April 1892 — 6 February 1965) was an Irish first-class cricketer and a soldier British Army.
[3] After completing his education, Jameson joined the British Army and was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade as a second lieutenant on probation in November 1912,[5] serving in Ireland,[2] with him being confirmed in the rank in April 1914.
[6] He served in the First World War with the 3rd Battalion on the Western Front,[7] with Jameson departing for France in September 1914 on board the SS Lake Michigan from Southampton.
[10][2] Following the end of the war in November 1919, Jameson returned from West Africa and was restored to the Rifle Brigade February 1920.
[2] Prior to joining the army, Jameson played club cricket in Ireland for both Phoenix and the nomadic Na Shuler.
[12] He began playing first-class cricket for armed services teams in 1920, making two appearances for the British Army cricket team against the MCC and Cambridge University, in addition to playing for the Combined Services cricket team against the Gentlemen of England;[12] for the Army against the MCC, he took his maiden five wicket haul with figures of 5 for 22 in the MCC second innings, helping guide the Army to an innings victory.
[13] Jameson scored his maiden first-class century in 1921, making 119 for the Army against the Royal Navy at Lord's.
[12] He had notable all-round performance during his first match of the 1922 season, when playing for the Combined Services against Essex he made two half centuries (54 and 63) and took 5 for 61.
[1][22] During the winter which proceeded the 1925 season, Jameson toured the West Indies with an MCC team captained by Freddie Calthorpe.
[23] He made eleven first-class appearances during the tour, including playing in three matches against the West Indies,[12] then just two years away from Test status.
[1] During the season he made his first first-class appearance for Ireland against Oxford University, scoring 71 in the only Irish innings and taking 4 for 140 when bowling.
[1] The following season he made seven appearances for Hampshire in the County Championship,[12] at which point his career began to wind down.
[12] Two years would pass before Jameson next played first-class cricket, making a final appearance for Hampshire in the 1932 County Championship against Middlesex.
[18] Jamesone continued to play cricket in Dublin for Na Shuler, before being chosen to tour India with Baron Tennyson's team in 1937–38.
Aged 45 by the time of the tour, and in somewhat poor health during it,[1] Jameson made six first-class appearances,[12] but struggled in making 83 runs at an average of 11.85.
