Reginald Ernest Thoy (12 May 1921 – 2 December 1993) was an English cricketer.Cricinfo profile A right-handed batsman, he played two first-class matches in the 1950s.CricketArchive profile

Biography

Born in Singapore in 1921, Thoy's first recorded cricket was two matches for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in 1939 and 1940.Other matches played by Reginald Thoy at CricketArchive

In England after the war, he played a Minor Counties Championship match for the Kent Second XI against the Surrey Second XI in 1948,Minor Counties Championship matches played by Reginald Thoy at CricketArchive though he never played for the first team. He later played two first-class matches for DR Jardine's XI against Oxford University in 1955 and 1957.First-class matches played by Reginald Thoy at CricketArchive

He died in Maidstone, Kent in 1993, though his obituary in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack incorrectly gives his year of death as 1994.Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1995, Obituaries

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