Christopher Newton Thompson
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| Full name | Christopher Lawton Newton Thompson | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 February 1919 Kensington, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 January 2002 (aged 82) Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Ossie Newton-Thompson (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1939 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 7 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Christopher Lawton Newton Thompson MC (14 February 1919 – 29 January 2002) was an English-born South African soldier, sportsman, educationalist and anti-apartheid politician.
Newton Thompson started Waterford Kamhlaba, a multi-racial, multi-faith school in the former Swaziland, with Michael Stern as its first headmaster. For 40 years, he funded and raised funds for the school.
He was the brother of Ossie Newton-Thompson.