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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Thomas Masters Usborne
| nickname =
| birth_date = 11 December 1866
| birth_place = [[Surbiton]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|2|1|1866|12|11|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Chilham]], [[Kent]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1892/93–1899/1900
| club2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| year2 = 1892/93
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 109
| bat avg1 = 13.62
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 41[[not out|*]]
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/3
| date = 24 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/thomas-usborne-35594 Cricinfo
}}
'''Thomas Masters Usborne''' (11 December 1866 — 1 February 1952) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of the politician [[Thomas Usborne]], he was born at [[Surbiton]] in December 1866. He was educated at [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College|Haileybury]], where he played for the cricket eleven and represented the college in [[Rackets (sport)|racquets]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Haileybury Register 1862–1910 |first=L. S. |last=Millford |date=1907 |publisher=Richard Clay and Sons, Limited |edition=4 |page=239 |url=https://archive.org/details/b28993287/page/246/mode/2up |language=en}}</ref> From Haileybury, he attended the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]. He graduated from there as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Artillery]] in February 1886,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25561|date=23 February 1886|page=849}}</ref> with promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] following a decade later in September 1896.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26781|date=29 September 1896|page=5377}}</ref> In the 1890s, Usborne served in [[British India]], where he played [[first-class cricket]]. He made four appearances for the [[Europeans cricket team]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Match]] from 1892 to 1899, in addition to making a single appearance for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] against [[Lord Hawke's XI cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1892–93|Lord Hawke's XI]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14771/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Thomas Usborne|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a [[wicket-keeper]], he scored 109 runs in his five first-class matches, at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 13.62 and with a highest score of 41 [[not out]]; behind the [[stumps]] he took four catches and made three stumpings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14771/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Thomas Usborne|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the Royal Artillery, he was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in October 1901,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27365|date=15 October 1901|page=6711}}</ref> and later retired from active service in August 1913.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28742|date=1 August 1913|page=5489}}</ref> Usborne died in February 1952 at [[Chilham|Chilham, Kent]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=35594}}

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[[Category:1866 births]]
[[Category:1952 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Surbiton]]
[[Category:Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]]
[[Category:People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]
[[Category:Royal Artillery officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Mumbai cricketers]]
[[Category:19th-century British Army personnel]]
[[Category:20th-century British Army personnel]]
[[Category:Military personnel from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]]

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