Thomas Ellis (cricketer)

Thomas Ellis was an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University Cricket Club and Hampshire County Cricket Club in the late 19th century. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler. Details about his birth and death are limited. He played a number of first-class matches between 1880 and 1884, typically as a lower-order batsman and occasional bowler. Statistical records for Ellis, while complete for first-class appearances, offer limited information beyond match appearances, runs scored, and wickets taken. Further biographical information is sparse, lacking extensive details regarding his life outside of cricket. He is distinct from other individuals named Thomas Ellis, and identification rests primarily on his cricketing career as documented in period sources like scorecards and cricket directories.