Richard Philpott
Encyclopedia
Richard Philpott was an English
cricket
er who played for Victoria. He was born in West Farleigh
and died in Brenchley
.
Philpott made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1850-51 season, against Tasmania. From the middle order, he scored 12 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a single run in the second.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played for Victoria. He was born in West Farleigh
West Farleigh
West Farleigh is a village and civil parish four miles southwest of Maidstone in the county of Kent. The parish has a population of approximately 450, and is bounded by the civil parishes of East Farleigh, Hunton, Yalding, and over the River Medway by Wateringbury, Teston and Barming. The village...
and died in Brenchley
Brenchley
Brenchley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.-History:The name is historically derived from Branca's Leigh. The parish is located east of Tunbridge Wells, and south of Paddock Wood, and includes the neighbouring village of Matfield...
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Philpott made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1850-51 season, against Tasmania. From the middle order, he scored 12 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a single run in the second.
External links
- Richard Philpott at Cricket Archive