Thomas Herriot
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Pearson Herriot
Born11 May 1887
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
Died20 October 1949(1949-10-20) (aged 62)
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1911Northumberland
1911Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 80
Batting average 80.00
100s/50s –/1
Top score 80
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 October 2022

Thomas Pearson Herriot (11 May 1887 — 20 October 1949) was an English first-class cricketer and physician.

The son of David Herriot,[1] he was born at Berwick-upon-Tweed in May 1887. He was educated in Edinburgh at Fettes College, before matriculating to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine.[2] A club cricketer for Grange,[3] Edinburgh University, and Berwick, Herriot made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against the touring Indians at Galashiels in 1911.[4] He batted once in the match, with success, scoring 80 runs opening the batting in the Scottish first innings before being dismissed by Jehangir Warden.[5] In the same season, he made a single appearance in minor counties cricket for Northumberland against Norfolk in the Minor Counties Championship at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[6]

Herriot served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a temporary lieutenant in Royal Army Medical Corps in February 1915,[7] with promotion to temporary captain following in February 1916.[8] From 1918 to 1919, he served in the Jullundur Brigade in British India,[2] where he made observations about Spanish flu.[9] Herriot relinquished his commission in October 1919, at which point he was made a full captain.[10] He returned to Edinburgh, where he worked as a tuberculosis officer at the Edinburgh City Hospital. Herriot died suddenly at Berwick-upon-Tweed in October 1949.[11]

References

  1. Swimming notes. Hawick Express. 20 May 1921. p. 3
  2. 1 2 Mackenzie, Major John E. (1921). University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914–1919. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 369.
  3. "Grange Cricket Club 175" (PDF). www.grangecricket.org. p. 19. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Herriot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. "Scotland v Indians, 1911". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Thomas Herriot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  7. "No. 29080". The London Gazette. 23 February 1915. p. 1834.
  8. "No. 29489". The London Gazette. 25 February 1916. p. 2101.
  9. Herriot, Thomas Pearson (1920). The Influenza Pandemic, 1918, as Observed in the Punjab, India. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh.
  10. "No. 31675". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 December 1919. p. 15150.
  11. Scottish district news. The Scotsman. 22 October 1949. p. 5
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