Talk:Tom Sidwell

Start of career

"Sidwell joined Leicestershire in 1913, mid-season, debuting on July 12 against Warwickshire." It would be unusual for a player - especially a professional (which I imagine he was) to join a county in mid-season. Might it be merely that he made his debut for the first team in mid-season, or do you have some hard evidence? BTW, nice article, I reckon that it's more than a stub, and have uograded it to "start". JH (talk page) 20:46, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Looking at his Cricinfo profile, where I imagine the text is actually his Wisden obituary, it reckons that he disn't actually join the staff till 1914, so I suppose the county must have found themselves short of a keeper through injury mid-way through 1913 and employeed him on a match-by-match basis. JH (talk page) 20:55, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

War service

It would appear he served as a private in the South Staffordshire Regiment based on http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=5346672, there are medal cards for only 8 Thomas Sidwells, and that's the only Thomas E, and most of the others have a different middle initial. However, without a more definite connection, I think it would be too much like original research to include this in the article. David Underdown (talk) 10:53, 15 April 2010 (UTC)