Kipps (Kent cricketer)
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Kipps aka Kips was a noted English wicketkeeper in Georgian cricket. He was from Eltham in Kent but other personal information about him, including his first name, is unknown. Kipps played for Kent county cricket teams and also for All-England.
Kipps is first recorded in the famous Kent v All-England match at the Artillery Ground on 18 June 1744, though it is believed he had already had a long career before that. This match is the opening entry in Scores & Biographies. Kipps was top scorer in both innings for Kent, who won by 1 wicket, and he completed one stumping and took a catch.
He continued to play in major matches until 1747 when he is last recorded.
[edit] References
- At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742 – 1751 by F S Ashley-Cooper in Cricket Magazine (1900) (ASW)
- Cricket Scores 1730 - 1773 by H T Waghorn (WCS)
- Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
- Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket by G B Buckley (FLPV)
- Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
- Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century by Timothy J McCann (TJM)
- The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
