Dick Penn

Dick Penn
Personal information
Full name
Alfred Penn
Born(1855-01-06)6 January 1855
Lee, Kent
Died18 October 1889(1889-10-18) (aged 34)
Lee, Kent
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Relations
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1875-1884Kent
FC debut12 July 1875 Kent v Sussex
Last FC12 May 1884 Kent v MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 48
Runs scored 539
Batting average 7.81
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 66
Balls bowled 9,630
Wickets 222
Bowling average 16.07
5 wickets in innings 20
10 wickets in match 3
Best bowling 8/34
Catches/stumpings 21/–
Source: CricInfo, 28 February 2011

Alfred Penn (6 January 1855 – 18 October 1889), known as Dick Penn, was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1875 to 1884.[1]

Penn was born at The Cedars in Lee in what is now south-east London but was historically part of Kent. He was the son of John Penn, a manufacturer of marine engines with works in Deptford and Greenwich.[2] His brothers Frank and William were both cricketers whilst another brother, John, was the Member of Parliament for Lewisham from 1891 to 1903.[3]

Penn made his first-class cricket debut for Kent in July 1875, playing against Sussex at Hove.[4] He went on to play a total of 48 first-class matches, 41 of which were for Kent.[3]

Penn died at Lee in October 1889 at the age of 34.[5]

  1. ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 437–438. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  2. ^ Ideal Homes: a History of South East London Suburbs Archived 22 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  3. ^ a b Ambrose D (2003) Brief profile of Alfred Penn, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  4. ^ Dick Penn, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  5. ^ Alfred Penn, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-11-11.