James Campbell Thomson (20 February 1852 – 2 May 1890) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago during the 1873–74 season.
Thomson was born at Edinburgh in Scotland in 1852.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 129. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He became a member of Dunedin cricket club in Otago in 1871,Evening Star, volume IX, issue 2688, 28 September 1871, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 29 January 2024.) later serving on the club's committee in 1873.Cricket, Otago Daily Times, issue 3623, 15 September 1873, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 29 January 2024.)
Both of Thomson's first-class matches were played during the 1873–74 season. On debut against Auckland in November 1873 he scored 10 runs in each innings at the South Dunedin Recreation Ground. His second match, and Otago's only other first-class match of the season, saw him score only one run in the only innings in which be batted as Otago won by an innings against Canterbury in January 1874.James Thomson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
Thomson died in 1890 at Waratah in New South Wales. He was aged 38.
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