Bruce Thomas (cricketer)


Kenneth Bruce Thomas is an Australian former cricketer. He played 13 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1966 and 1970.
Thomas was a right-handed opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler. His best season was 1966–67, when he scored 421 runs at an average of 38.27 to help Victoria win the Sheffield Shield. He made his highest score of 66 against Queensland in 1968–69, when he and Ken Eastwood put on 131 for the opening partnership.
Thomas played district cricket in the Victorian Cricket Association for Hawthorn-East Melbourne from 1961–62 to 1978–79. The annual batting prize for its successor club, Kingston Hawthorn, is the Bruce Thomas Trophy.