Richard Whitington

Richard Whitington

Whitington in 1945
Personal information
Full name	Richard Smallpeice Whitington
Born	(1912-06-30)30 June 1912 Unley Park, South Australia
Died	13 March 1984(1984-03-13) (aged 71) Sydney, New South Wales
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1932/33–1939/40	South Australia
FC debut	4 November 1932 South Australia v MCC
Last FC	21 January 1946 Australian Services XI v Queensland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 54 Runs scored 2,782 Batting average 32.34 100s/50s 4/14 Top score 155 Balls bowled 128 Wickets 1 Bowling average 91.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/4 Catches/stumpings 32/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 June 2009

Richard Smallpeice Whitington (30 June 1912 – 13 March 1984) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and, after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team in the Victory Tests. He became a journalist, writing as R. S. Whitington.