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''See also'': Thomas Waymark's likely birth record (the date and location strongly suggest that this Thomas Waymark was the famous cricketer). Thomas Waymark was a groom by trade and was employed as such by his patron Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke Of Richmond . There was probably no shortage of capable grooms and it is fair to assume that Richmond employed Waymark because of his outstanding ability with bat and ball, Richmond being the foremost investor in cricket at the time. Richmond's teams were representative of Sussex as a county and the few reports in which Waymark is mentioned make clear that he was a star all-rounder, perhaps the first great all-rounder in the game's history. For example, in the report of Mr Edward Stead ’s XI v Sir William Gage ’s XI at Penshurst Park on 28 August 1729 , it states that "a groom of the Duke of Richmond signalised himself by extraordinary agility and dexterity". This was Waymark playing for Gage's XI who won the match by an innings. In August 1730 , a major match between the teams of Richmond and Gage was postponed "on account of Waymark, the Duke’s man, being ill". Assuredly this was not done out of sympathy for Waymark's condition, but because every major match in C18 was based on a wager and the betting on Waymark's expected contribution must have been so high that stakes would have to be repaid unless the game could be played when Waymark was fully fit. Unfortunately, we do not know if the game was eventually replayed. |
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