Philip Palmer Hope (10 February 1889 – 19 May 1962) played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1914 to 1925.[1] He was born at Hartlepool, County Durham, and died at Clifton, Bristol.
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| Full name | Philip Palmer Hope | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 February 1889 Hartlepool, County Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 May 1962 (aged 73) Clifton, Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914–25 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 9 May 1914 Somerset v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 9 June 1925 Somerset v Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 6 September 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hope was a right-handed middle or lower order batsman and an occasional right-arm fast-medium bowler. He was educated at Sherborne School and played Minor Counties cricket for Dorset up to 1913.
His first-class cricket for Somerset was restricted largely to three seasons, 1914, 1919 and 1921, though in each of these he was a fairly regular member of the side. In 1914, his one substantial innings was 65 against Derbyshire at Chesterfield.[2] Earlier, by making 18, he had contributed exactly half the runs made from the bat in the second innings against Hampshire at Bath.[3]
Hope returned to first-class cricket for a dozen games in 1919 and improved his personal best by scoring 68 in the match against Gloucestershire at Taunton.[4] This was the match in which Sydney Rippon, with whom Hope shared a 99-run first innings partnership that set Somerset on course to victory, played under an assumed name.[5][6] Hope did not play in 1920, but returned to Somerset for a further dozen games in 1921, when he again improved his highest score, this time scoring 77, more than double the second highest score, in the match against Essex at Bath.[7]
After 1921 Hope left regular first-class cricket, making just one further appearance for Somerset in the 1925 season.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Philip Hope". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Scorecard: Derbyshire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 27 June 1914. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Hampshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 11 June 1914. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Gloucestershire". www.cricketarchive.com. 9 June 1919. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ David Foot (1986). Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: A History of Somerset Cricket (1986 ed.). David and Charles. pp. 99–100. ISBN 0-7153-8890-8.
- ^ "Somerset Matches". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1920 ed.). Wisden. p. 104.
- ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Essex". www.cricketarchive.com. 1 June 1921. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Essex". www.cricketarchive.com. 6 June 1925. Retrieved 5 September 2010.