Harold Hippisley

Harold Hippisley
Personal information
Full name Harold Edwin Hippisley
Born 3 September 1890(1890-09-03)
Wells, Somerset, England
Died 23 October 1914(1914-10-23) (aged 24)
Langemarck, Belgium
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Unknown
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
Years Team
1909–13 Somerset
First-class debut 23 August 1909 Somerset v Worcestershire
Last First-class 16 July 1913 Somerset v Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 114
Batting average 9.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 40*
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 January 2011

Harold Edwin Hippisley (3 September 1890 – 23 October 1914) played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1909 to 1913.[1] He was born at Wells, Somerset and died in the First World War fighting at Langemarck, Belgium.

Hippisley was educated at King's School, Bruton where he was captain of cricket, hockey and football.[2] As a cricketer, he was "a forceful batsman, a cunning bowler and a fine fielder".[2] He joined his King's Bruton team-mate Leonard Sutton in the Somerset side late in the 1909 season and in his first match, playing against Worcestershire and batting at No 9, he made an unbeaten 40, which proved to be his highest first-class score.[3] He played in all just seven times for Somerset and had only one other successful match: against Northamptonshire in 1913 he made 14 and 36, though Somerset lost the game heavily.[4] He did not bowl in first-class cricket. In minor cricket, he scored 150 for the Old Brutonians team against Sidmouth in 1911, sharing a second wicket partnership of 396 with Percy Vasey, who made 282.[5]

Hippisley was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the first battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1914, and was killed at Langemarck just 11 weeks after the war started.[2] He had been married on the day that his regiment set sail for France.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Harold Hippisley". www.cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3627/3627.html. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
  2. ^ a b c "The Dolphin (King's Bruton magazine)" (2008 ed.). King's Bruton. p. 15. http://www.kingsbruton.org.uk/assets/dolphin202008.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
  3. ^ "Scorecard: Worcestershire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 1909-08-23. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8006.html. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
  4. ^ "Scorecard: Northamptonshire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 1913-07-10. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9082.html. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
  5. ^ a b "Deaths in 1914". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1915 ed.). Wisden. p. 226.