William Lipscomb (cricketer)

William Henry Lipscomb (20 November 1846 – 9 April 1918) was an English barrister and first-class cricketer, a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm medium pace.[1]

William Lipscomb
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Henry Lipscomb
Born(1846-11-20)20 November 1846
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Died9 April 1918(1918-04-09) (aged 71)
Clapham, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm roundarm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1868Oxford University
1866–1867Hampshire
1868Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 7
Runs scored 154
Batting average 14.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 34
Balls bowled 176
Wickets 3
Bowling average 33.33
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/26
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 January 2010

Life

He was the eldest son of William Henry Lipscomb of Winchester, and was educated at Marlborough College from 1860. He went up to University College, Oxford in 1865, graduating B.A. in 1870. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1868, and was called to the bar there in 1872.[2][3][4]

Lipscomb died at Clapham, London on 9 April 1918.

Cricketer

Lipscomb made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1866 against Surrey. He played four first-class matches for Hampshire, with his final match against Kent in 1867. Additionally in 1867, he played a single first-class match for the Gentlemen of the South against the Gentlemen of the North.

In 1868 Lipscomb played for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club, playing his second and final first-class match for the University in the same season and winning his Blue against Cambridge University.

Lipscomb was also a well-known oarsman.

References
  1. "Player Profile: William Lipscomb". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  2. Marlborough College, Marlborough College (1905). "Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 Inclusive: With Alphabetical Index". H. Hart, printer.
  3. Shaw, Charles (1877). The Inns of Court Calendar: A Record of the Members of the English Bar, Their Inns of Court ... With Lists of the Judges and Officers of the Supreme Court of Judicature, the Metropolitan, County, and Other Local Courts, Etc. Butterworths. p. 377.
  4. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Lipscomb, William Henry" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
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