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Sydney Rippon      

Full name Arthur Ernest Sydney Rippon

Born April 29, 1892, Kensington, London

Died April 13, 1966, Berrylands, Surbiton, Surrey (aged 73 years 349 days)

Major teams Somerset

Batting style Right-hand bat

Education Kings College, Taunton

Relation Twin brother - ADE Rippon

Arthur Ernest Sydney Rippon
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
First-class 104 185 8 3823 133 21.59 6 15 44 0
Bowling averages
Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5w 10
First-class 104 192 121 3 1/6 40.33 3.78 64.0 0 0
Career statistics
First-class span 1914-1937
Profile

Arthur Ernest Sydney Rippon, who died on April 13, aged 73, played as an amateur for Somerset between 1914 and 1937. At his best a brilliant batsman, on a number of occasions he opened the innings for the county with his twin brother, A. D. E. Rippon. In all, Arthur Rippon hit 3,833 runs, including six centuries, for an average of 21.17 and he held 46 catches. One of his best innings was that at Portsmouth in 1928, when he scored 112 and he and A. Young (92) made 197 in less than two and a half hours for the first wicket. J. C. White taking six wickets for 35 in the Hampshire second innings, Somerset triumphed in an innings with 28 runs to spare.
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Notes

AES Rippon played for Somerset against Gloucestershire on June 9 and 10, 1919 under the pseudonym S Trimnell. It turned out that he was sick without leave from his job at the Inland Revenue.

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Leics v Glamorgan at Leicester - May 21-24
Glamorgan 442/9d Leics 142 & 133/1 (f/o)
Durham v Middlesex at Chester-le-Street - May 22-25
Durham 259 & 37/0 Middlesex 196
Essex v Kent at Chelmsford - May 22-25
Essex 212 Kent 214/5
Worcs v Gloucs at Worcester - May 22-25
Gloucs 234 Worcs 302/3
Hampshire v Lancashire at Southampton - May 23-26
Lancashire 252/9
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