Alf Dipper
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| Full name | Alfred Ernest Dipper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1885 Apperley, Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 November 1945 (aged 59) Lambeth, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 195) | 11 June 1921 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1908–1932 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfred Ernest Dipper (9 November 1885 – 7 November 1945)[1] was an English professional cricketer who played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club from 1908 to 1932, and in one Test match for England in 1921. He was born at Apperley, Gloucestershire, and died at Lambeth, London.
Dipper was a right-handed
Career
Alf Dipper, then aged 22, had been playing for his local club in Tewkesbury and made his first-class debut on 15 June 1908 after he was called into the Gloucestershire team at short notice because they were a man short going to the Angel Ground in Tonbridge for a County Championship match against Kent. He batted at number nine and top scored with 30* in the first innings but Gloucestershire collapsed twice to lose by an innings and 126 runs. Dipper was out for 8 in the second innings. He bowled 12 overs in the Kent innings and took 1/12 with the wicket of Ted Dillon, who was caught behind by Jack Board for 25.[2][3] Dipper stayed with Gloucestershire but did not play regularly until he became their opening batsman in 1911. He scored 1,101 runs in 1911 with two centuries to establish his position in the team.[2]
Dipper was essentially a defensive batsman. He exceeded 1,000 runs in a season 15 times and reached 2,000 in five of them. He played in just one
Later years
Having retired as a player, Dipper became a first-class
Dipper died at St Thomas' Hospital in Lambeth on 7 November 1945, two days before his 60th birthday. He was buried at Manor Park Cemetery in east London.[2]
References
- ^ "Alfred Dipper". Wisden Online. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "1945 Obituaries: Alfred Dipper". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1946. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Kent v. Gloucestershire, 1908". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Alf Dipper as Umpire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2022.