Cecil Thompson

Francis Cecil Thompson (17 August 1890 – 24 September 1963) was a first-class cricketer who played for Queensland from 1912 to 1933.

Educated at Brisbane Grammar School, Cecil Thompson made his first-class debut against New South Wales in 1912-13. He was one of the leading Queensland batsmen in the 1920s, along with Leo O'Connor. In the 1925-26 season, in matches for Queensland and his South Brisbane club, he scored 1525 runs at an average of 152.50.

In 1926-27, in Queensland’s first Sheffield Shield match, he scored their first century in the first innings (O'Connor scored a century in the second innings). In the 1928-29 Sheffield Shield he scored 743 runs at an average of 74.30; in the whole competition only Don Bradman scored more. A careful player, judiciously selecting which ball to hit, Thompson had great powers of concentration, scoring 275 not out in 628 minutes against New South Wales in 1930-31, the highest individual score at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground.

A schoolteacher, Thompson’s cricket career was restricted by country postings. He spent three years in the country after World War I and had another country stint from 1933.