David Phipps

David Phipps
Personal information
Full name
Douglas David Phipps
Born (1934-01-27) 27 January 1934 (age 90)
Edmonton, Middlesex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1964Combined Services
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 15
Batting average 7.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 15
Balls bowled 90
Wickets 1
Bowling average 53.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/53
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 May 2011

Douglas David Phipps (born 27 July 1934) is a former English cricketer and British Army officer. Phipps was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Edmonton, Middlesex. He was educated at Mill Hill School, before enlisting in the British Army, where he undertook training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[1]

Phipps played for the Essex Second XI from 1956 to 1958.[2] He made his only first-class appearance for a Combined Services team against Cambridge University in 1964.[3] In this match, he was dismissed for a duck in the Combined Services first-innings by Roy Kerslake. In their second-innings, he scored 15 runs before being dismissed by the same bowler. With the ball, he took a single wicket, that of Tony Windows for the cost of 53 runs from 12 overs.[4] He played various matches for Army and Combined Services teams from 1954 to 1969.[5]

  1. ^ "Teams Douglas Phipps played for". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Douglas Phipps". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Douglas Phipps". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Combined Services v Cambridge University, 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by David Phipps". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2017.