Douglas David Phipps (born 27 July 1934) is a former English cricketer and British Army officer. Phipps was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Edmonton, Middlesex. He was educated at Mill Hill School, before enlisting in the British Army, where he undertook training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[1]
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| Full name | Douglas David Phipps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1934-01-27) 27 January 1934 (age 88) Edmonton, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1964 | Combined Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phipps played for the Essex Second XI from 1956 to 1958.[2] He made his only first-class appearance for a Combined Services team against Cambridge University in 1964.[3] In this match, he was dismissed for a duck in the Combined Services first-innings by Roy Kerslake. In their second-innings, he scored 15 runs before being dismissed by the same bowler. With the ball, he took a single wicket, that of Tony Windows for the cost of 53 runs from 12 overs.[4] He played various matches for Army and Combined Services teams from 1954 to 1969.[5]