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Adding local short description: "Indian-born Irish cricketer", overriding Wikidata description "Irish cricketer" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{short description|Indian-born Irish cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Thomas Dixon
| image =
| caption =
| batting = Right-handed batsman
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 14
| runs1 = 312
| bat avg1 = 14.18
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 45[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 2484
| wickets1 = 50
| bowl avg1 = 20.86
| fivefor1 = 3
| tenfor1 = 1
| best bowling1 = 7/51
| catches/stumpings1= 4/0
| international = true
| country = Irish
| testdebutfor =
| testdebutagainst =
| testdebutdate = 7 June
| testdebutyear = 1926
| lasttestdate = 6 January
| lasttestfor =
| lasttestagainst =
| lasttestyear = 1937
| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/13/13327/13327.html Cricket Archive
| date =
| year =
}}

'''Thomas Hartigan Dixon''' (22 January 1906 in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]] – 12 April 1985 in [[Nakuru]], [[Kenya]]<ref name="CAP">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/13/13327/13327.html Cricket Archive profile]</ref>) was an Irish [[cricket]]er. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler,<ref name="CAP" /> he made his debut for the [[Ireland cricket team]] against [[Scotland national cricket team|Scotland]] in July 1927<ref name="CESZP">[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire78.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile]</ref> in a [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match.<ref name="FCM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/13/13327/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Thomas Dixon at Cricket Archive]</ref> He went on to play for Ireland on 17 occasions, his last match coming in July 1932 against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]].<ref name="CESZP" />

Of his matches for Ireland, eight had first-class status. In all matches for Ireland, he scored 372 runs at an [[Batting average (cricket)|average]] of 15.50, with a top score of 52 not out against the MCC at [[Lord's]] in July 1931. He took 79 wickets at an [[Bowling average|average]] of 16.95, with his best bowling figures being 7/51 on his debut against Scotland.<ref name="CESZP" />

Prior to playing for Ireland, he played two first-class matches for [[Dublin University Cricket Club|Dublin University]] against [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] in 1926.<ref name="FCM" /> After playing for Ireland, he moved back to India, the country of his birth,<ref name="CAP" /> and played four first-class matches there, one for a Viceroy's XI (the [[Governor-General of India|Viceroy of India]] at the time was [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|George Freeman-Thomas]]) and three for [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]].<ref name="FCM" /> His brother [[Patrick Dixon (cricketer)|Patrick]] also represented Ireland at cricket.<ref name="CAP" />

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[[Category:Irish cricketers]]
[[Category:Dublin University cricketers]]
[[Category:Delhi cricketers]]

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