Cecil Kippins

Cecil Kippins
Personal information
Full name
Frank Cecil Percival Kippins
Born(1925-01-23)23 January 1925
Georgetown, British Guiana
Died7 March 2023(2023-03-07) (aged 98)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Umpiring information
Tests umpired10 (1958–1973)
Source: Cricinfo, 9 July 2013

Frank Cecil Percival Kippins (23 January 1925 – 7 March 2023) was a West Indian cricket umpire from Guyana.[1] He stood in ten Test matches between 1958 and 1973.[2] In all, he umpired 43 first-class matches between 1953 and 1974, most of them at the Bourda ground in Georgetown, Guyana.[3]

Kippins retired from umpiring in 1974 and migrated to the United States.[1] He died in Atlanta, Georgia on 7 March 2023, at the age of 98.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Umpire Cecil Kippins Unplugged". Caribbean Cricket. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Cecil Kippins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Cecil Kippins as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Cecil Kippins will be missed in the cricketing world". Stabroek News. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.