Godfrey Cripps

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]

Godfrey Cripps
Cripps in 1894
Personal information
Born(1865-10-19)19 October 1865
Mussoorie, India
Died27 July 1943(1943-07-27) (aged 77)
Adelaide, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 1 4
Runs scored 21 217
Batting average 10.50 31.00
100s/50s 0 / 0 1 / 0
Top score 18 102
Balls bowled 15 65
Wickets 0 1
Bowling average – 59.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling – 1/18
Catches/stumpings 0 / 0 4 / 0
Source: Cricinfo, 18 November 2018

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 the 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]

References
  1. "Godfrey Cripps". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  2. "Only Test, England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 19–22 1892". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. "Griqualand West v Western Province 1892-93". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. "Western Province v Natal 1893-94". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. "Pavilion Gossip", Cricket, 24 May 1894, p. 154.
  6. "Death of Mr. Godfrey Cripps". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 29 July 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
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