Ronald Stanley Thresher (31 December 1930 – 2 May 2013), known as Ron Thresher, was an English cricketer who played five first-class cricket matches between 1957 and 1958.
Thresher was born in Tonbridge, Kent and educated at Maidstone Grammar School where he played cricket.Ronald Thresher, CricInfo. Retrieved 7 December 2018.Obituaries in Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2014. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club. Reprinted in The Old Maidstonian, no.14, autumn 2014, p.17. (Available online. Retrieved 7 December 2018.) As a fast bowler, Thresher was described as a bowler who "often terrorised schoolboy batsmen". He pursued a career as a banker in Coutts, playing cricket for Private Banks Cricket Club. In 1952 he was selected for the Club Cricket Conference as a result of his performances. He won a CCC cap in 1956.Club Cricket Conference Numbered Caps List, Club Cricket Conference. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
Thresher made his debut for Kent County Cricket Club's Second XI in 1957 and, after taking eight wickets against Middlesex Seconds XI at Lord's, he made his first-class debut for the county against Yorkshire at Tunbridge Wells later the same season. He played once more for the Kent First XI during the year and made three first-class appearances for DR Jardine's XI, one in 1957 and two in 1958. He continued to play for Kent's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship and Second XI Championship until 1959 and remained active in club cricket during the 1960s.Ron Thresher, Boundaries, issue 13, p.11. The Professional Cricketers' Association, 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2018.Ron Thresher, CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
As well as playing cricket, Thresher also played rugby union for Harlequins.Old Maidstonian Society Newsletter, no.6, winter 2011, p.8. Retrieved 7 December 2018. He died at Dover in 2013 aged 82.
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