Lives in Cricket No 25 - Tom Richardson

128 Appendix C2 … and their Playing Records William Thayer’s biography of assassinated President James Garfield was entitled Log Cabin to White House . If the mythology of the Romany origins of the Richardson family were to be believed, then the equivalent – albeit over four generations – would perhaps be From Gypsy Caravan to ICC , Tom’s great-great nephew, David, after a distinguished international playing career, being General Manager - Cricket of the International Cricket Council. None of Tom’s immediate family – a son and two daughters – was involved in cricket, but the genes have worked through the generations and a number of his indirect descendants, all from his elder brother, Frank who settled in South Africa, have played the game at a senior level. They are identified on the preceding ‘Cricketers’ Family Tree’ and their career records are outlined below. J.H.Richardson (1) North Eastern Transvaal, Transvaal B First-Class Batting and Fielding (1952/53-1960/61) M I NO R HS A 50 Ct St 22 42 3 785 72 20.12 4 41 7 D.J.Richardson (2) Eastern Province, Eastern Province B, Northern Transvaal, South Africa, South African Defence Force, South African Universities Test Batting and Fielding (1991/92-1997/98) M I NO R HS A 100 50 SR Ct St 42 64 8 1359 109 24.26 1 8 41.93 150 2 First-Class Batting and Fielding (1977/78-1997/98) M I NO R HS A 100 50 Ct St 200 310 51 6981 134 26.95 6 37 579 40 First-Class Bowling (1997/98) O M R W Econ 1 0 3 0 3.00 One-Day International Batting and Fielding (1991/92-1997/98) M I NO R HS A 50 SR Ct St 122 77 33 868 53 19.72 1 66.87 148 17 One-Day Batting and Fielding (1979/80-1997/98) M I NO R HS A 50 Ct St 280 214 69 3413 94 23.53 14 315 29