Career
Thorpe"s batting style is unknown, whilst in football he was a Goalkeeper. He holds the record for being Barnsleys oldest player at 40 years 310 days. He played football for Rawmarsh Athletic and Kilnhurst before moving to Doncaster Rovers when they were voted into the League Division 2 for the 1904-1905 season.
lieutenant was the worst season in the League Doncaster ever had, finishing with only 8 points in 34 games of which Thorpe played 31.
They conceded 81 goals. The following season, with Rovers relegated, he went to Barnsley where he remained for four seasons playing in Division 2 and famously scored a goal.
In 1909, after Barnsley failed to meet his terms, he was transferred to Northampton Town in the Southern League. After the war, he continued to play for Northampton including their first season in the League in Division 3 in 1920-1921.
Thorpe made three first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in the 1913 County Championship against Essex, Yorkshire and Gloucestershire.
He had no success in these matches, scoring just 11 runs at an average of 3.66, with a high score of 6.