Thomas Wills
| Full name: | Thomas Wentworth Wills |
| Born: | 19th August 1835, Molonglo Plains, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died: | 2nd May 1880, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-hand batter |
| Bowling: | underarm Right-arm slow |
| Education: | Scotch College, Melbourne; Rugby School; Cambridge University |
| Other Sports: | Rugby Union for Cambridge University; Australia Rules Football |
| Biography: | Credited as one of the founders of Australian Rules Football. Delusional from induced alcohol withdrawal, Wills escaped from the Royal Melbourne Hospital on 1 May 1880, returned home and the next day stabbed himself to death with a pair of scissors in his Heidelberg home. |
| Relations: | Cousin: TW Antill |
| Teams: | Kent (Main FC: 1855-1856); Cambridge University (Main FC: 1856); Victoria (Main FC: 1856/57-1875/76); All teams |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1854-1875/76) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Overall | 32 | 57 | 8 | 602 | 58 | 12.28 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1854-1875/76) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 3731 | 363 | 1221 | 130 | 7-44 | 10.09 | 15 | 3 | 32.44 | 1.94 |
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