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Full name Alan Falconer Kippax
Born May 25, 1897, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Died September 5, 1972, Bellevue Hill, Sydney, New South Wales (aged 75 years 103 days)
Major teams Australia,New South Wales
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
22
34
1
1192
146
36.12
2
8
1
13
0
First-class
175
256
33
12762
315*
57.22
43
45
72
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
22
4
72
19
0
-
-
-
1.58
-
0
0
0
First-class
175
1827
1099
21
4/66
52.33
3.60
87.0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Sydney, Feb 27-Mar 4, 1925 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 1934 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1918/19 - 1935/36
Profile
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
