"Thomas Eastwood Dickinson" played first-class cricket/first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club/Lancashire in 1950 and 1951 and for Somerset County Cricket Club/Somerset in 1957. But he decided against a full-time cricket career and became a schoolmaster instead. He was born in Parramatta, Sydney, Australia.

Though born in Australia, Dickinson was educated in England at Blackburn Grammar School and Manchester University. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and a left-handed tail-end batsman, he played Lancashire League (cricket)/Lancashire League cricket for East Lancashire Cricket Club/East Lancashire from the age of 15 and made his first-class debut for Lancashire as a 19-year-old in 1950. Such was the dominance of Lancashire's spin attack of Roy Tattersall, Bob Berry (cricketer)/Bob Berry, Malcolm Hilton and Peter Greenwood (cricketer)/Peter Greenwood that Dickinson bowled only 56 overs in his four matches for the side in 1950 and 1951, never taking more than one wicket in any innings. In the mid-1950s, he turned out for British Army cricket team/The Army in non-first-class matches.

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They were the leading offense in the whole area. Our defense did the job.

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We stood our ground. Defensively, they played well too. But we were able to keep (their offense) off the field.

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