Charles Napoleon "Nipper" Kingstone (2 July 1895 – 6 May 1960) was a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 sportsman who played international rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 for New Zealand. He was also a first-class cricket

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

er.

A fullback, Kingstone played all three of his Tests during South Africa's 1921 tour of New Zealand

1921 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand

In 1921 the South Africa national rugby union team toured New Zealand for the first time. During the tour, South Africa played three Test matches against the All Blacks, the series was drawn 1–1....

. He was injured in a motor accident in 1922 and didn't play again for New Zealand.

Kingstone played just one first-class cricket match. He represented a team called the "Rest of New Zealand" in a fixture again the national team at Basin Reserve

Basin Reserve

The Basin Reserve , is a cricket ground in Wellington, New Zealand, used for Test, first-class and one-day cricket. Some argue that its proximity to the city, its Historic Place status and its age make it the most famous cricket ground in New Zealand...

 in 1927. Despite coming in at 10 in the batting order, Kingstone scored 43, the second highest on the innings. He was his team's wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...

but didn't claim any catches.