William Russell Hennessy Dippie (9 June 1907 — 15 February 1997) was a Scottish first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | William Russell Hennessy Dippie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 June 1907 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 February 1997 (aged 89) Dudley, Worcestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dippie was born at Edinburgh in June 1907. A club cricketer for Brunswick, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against Ireland at Dublin in 1939.[1] Playing in the Scottish team as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he went wicketless in the Irish first innings, but took figures of 3 for 41. As a lower order batsman, he ended the Scottish first innings unbeaten on 7 runs, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by James Boucher.[2] Outside of cricket, he was by profession an electrician. Dippie died in England at Dudley in February 1997.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Dippie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Ireland v Scotland, 1939". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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