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Walter Tudway Phipps (8 August 1845 – 28 April 1902) was an English first-class cricketer and merchant.

Walter Phipps

Personal information
Full name	Walter Tudway Phipps
Born	8 August 1845 Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England
Died	28 April 1902(1902-04-28) (aged 56) Shanghai, China
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm underarm fast
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 44 Batting average 22.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 30 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 February 2020

The son of Arthur Constantine Phipps, he was born in August 1845 at Shepton Mallet. He was educated at Harrow School,[1] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[2] Phipps made two appearances in first-class cricket for Southgate in 1868 and 1869, with both matches coming against Oxford University in 1864 at Oxford.[3] He scored 44 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 30.[4] Despite studying law and being a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1868, Phipps never became a practicing barrister.[2] Instead, he became a merchant in China, where he died at Shanghai in April 1902.[1]

References

External links

• Walter Phipps at ESPNcricinfo

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