Benjamin Tipper
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman |
| Bowling type | unknown |
| First-class record | |
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| Matches | 5 |
| Runs scored | 137 |
| Batting average | 15.22 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 |
| Top score | 43 |
| Balls bowled | 140 |
| Wickets | 4 |
| Bowling average | 20.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 |
| Best Bowling | 2-0 |
| Catches/Stumpings | 7/0 |
| First class debut: 23 June 1919 Last first class game: 26 August 1919 Source: Cricinfo |
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Benjamin Claude Cecil Tipper (7 July 1896 - 11 July 1970) was an English cricketer who played five first-class matches for Worcestershire in 1919. All were friendlies, as Worcestershire did not re-enter the County Championship until the following year.
He was born in King's Norton, then in Worcestershire, and died just after his 74th birthday in Norton Lindsay, Warwickshire.
[edit] Career
Tipper made his debut on 23 June against Gloucestershire, and his 42 in the first innings helped avert a crisis; he had come in with the score on 27/5, but his steadying knock helped the team to 201. He also took 2-49 in Gloucestershire's own first innings (his first victim being his near-namesake Alfred Dipper), but second time around he was out for 3 and he took no more wickets before the game finished in a draw.
He had no notable success in his next three games, although in mid-August (once more against Gloucestershire) he took the final two wickets in the first innings to record his best bowling analysis of 1.2-1-0-2. He played only one more first-class match, against Warwickshire a week later. Here he made 43, his career best, and 0; his five overs of bowling were unsuccessful.
