South African cricketer (1865–1943)
Godfrey Cripps
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| Born | (1865-10-19)19 October 1865
Mussoorie, India |
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| Died | 27 July 1943(1943-07-27) (aged 77)
Adelaide, Australia |
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| Batting | Right-handed |
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| Bowling | Right-arm |
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| Test debut (cap 15) | 19 March 1892 v England |
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Godfrey Cripps (19 October 1865 in Mussoorie, India – 27 July 1943 in Adelaide, Australia) was a cricketer who played in one Test for South Africa in 1891–92.[1]
Life and career
Born in India and educated at Cheltenham College in England, Cripps played just four first-class cricket matches, all of them in South Africa. A middle-order right-handed batsman, his first first-class appearance was in the South African Test side in March 1892 that lost to Walter Read's English touring team – which included the Australian players Billy Murdoch and John Ferris.[2] Cripps was one of four South Africans who were making their first-class debuts in this Test match.
A season later, Cripps played twice for Western Province, scoring a century in the second match against Griqualand West.[3] His final first-class game was the 1893–94 Currie Cup final for Western Province against Natal which his side won inside two days.[4]
In 1894, he was vice-captain of the South African tour team to England, but no first-class matches were played on the tour. At the time he was working as a cashier for the African Banking Corporation.[5]
Cripps was a cousin of the British Cabinet minister Sir Stafford Cripps. He had been a deputy sheriff in the Cape Colony before going to Australia some 30 years before his death.[6] At the time of his death in July 1943 he was living at Simpson Road in the Adelaide suburb of Wattle Park. He had been a schoolmaster in Australia, initially in Queensland and then at St Peter's College, Adelaide, until 10 years before his death.[6]
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