Full Name

Alan Falconer Kippax

Born

May 25, 1897, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales

Died

September 05, 1972, Bellevue Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, (aged 75y 103d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Wisden obituary
Alan Falconer Kippax, who died in Sydney on September 5, aged 75, was a brilliant and prolific batsman for New South Wales. During nearly 20 years in first-class cricket, he took part in 22 Test matches for Australia between 1924 and 1934, 13 of them against England, hitting 1192 runs, average 36.12. He toured England under WM Woodfull in 1930 and 1934. The first of his two Test centuries was 100 against APF Chapman's England team of 1928-29; the other was 146 against South Africa at Adelaide in 1930-31.

A man of personal charm, he was a cultured stroke-player whose graceful style was regarded by many judges of long memory as being the nearest approach to that of Victor Trumper. For New South Wales, whom he captained for some years following the retirement of HL Collins, he scored 6096 runs at an average of 70.88, his highest innings being 315 not out off the Queensland bowling at Sydney in 1927-28. In the following Australian season he (260 not out) and JEH Hooker (62) set up a world's record for the tenth wicket which still stands by adding 307 in five hours for New South Wales against Victoria. Of those runs, Kippax obtained 240.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Alan Kippax Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests22341119214636.12281130
FC1752563312762315*57.224345-720

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests22472190---1.58-000
FC175-18271099214/66-52.333.6087.0-00
Alan Kippax

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Debut/Last Matches of Alan Kippax

Recent Matches of Alan Kippax

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
NSW vs Victoria7 & 170/1625-Jan-1935SydneyFC
NSW vs Queensland4 & 40*--31-Dec-1934SydneyFC
NSW vs Victoria1 & 52--21-Dec-1934MelbourneFC
NSW vs South Aust139 & 33--14-Dec-1934AdelaideFC
Australia vs England28 & 8--18-Aug-1934The OvalTest # 237

Photos of Alan Kippax

The Australian 1930 Ashes tourists
Alan Kippax
Alan Kippax (left) and Hal Hooker resume their partnership at the MCG, December 1928.  They added a record 307 for the last New South Wales wicket
Alan Kippax (left) and Hal Hooker resume their partnership at the MCG, December 1928.  They added a record 307 for the last New South Wales wicket
Alan Kippax (right) and Hal Hooker resume their partnership at the MCG, December 1928.  They added a record 307 for the last New South Wales wicket