Herbert Gould Phipps (8 August 1845 – 19 October 1899) was an English first-class cricketer and merchant.
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Full name | Herbert Gould Phipps | ||||||||||||||
Born | 8 August 1845 Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 19 October 1899(1899-10-19) (aged 54) Tientsin, China | ||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm roundarm slow-medium | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Walter Phipps (twin brother) | ||||||||||||||
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1865 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 September 2021 |
The son of Arthur Constantine Phipps, he was born in August 1845 at Shepton Mallet and was educated at Harrow School, where he played for the cricket and football elevens.[1] He later played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club on two occasions in 1865 against the Surrey Club at The Oval and Lord's,[2] scoring 9 runs across both matches.[3] He was by profession a merchant in the British concession of Tientsin in China, where he died in October 1899.[1] His twin brother, Walter, also played first-class cricket.