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Full name | Rupert Francis Kettle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Worcester, England | 16 February 1915||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 December 1985 Surrey, England | (aged 70)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1944-45 to 1950-51 | Assam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 21 July 2018 |
Rupert Francis Kettle (16 February 1915 – 11 December 1985) was an English cricketer who played three matches of first-class cricket in India between 1944 and 1951. He was the first captain and the first century-maker for Assam.
Born in Worcester, Rupert Kettle served in the Gloucestershire Regiment in the Second World War. [1] While stationed in India in 1944 he played a first-class match, staged in aid of the Red Cross Fund, for a Services XI that included several English first-class cricketers and three Test cricketers. [2]
He spent several years in Assam after the war, working as a tea broker. [3] He captained Assam's cricket team in their debut season in the Ranji Trophy in 1948-49, when they played one match, losing by an innings to United Provinces. [4] In his second and final match for Assam, which was Assam's third first-class match, two seasons later, he scored Assam's first first-class century. Going to the wicket in the first innings with the score at 15 for 6, he made 106 not out in a team total of 175, adding 79 in a last-wicket partnership. Assam nevertheless lost by an innings again. [5]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Rupert Francis Kettle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Worcester, England | 16 February 1915||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 December 1985 Surrey, England | (aged 70)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1944-45 to 1950-51 | Assam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 21 July 2018 |
Rupert Francis Kettle (16 February 1915 – 11 December 1985) was an English cricketer who played three matches of first-class cricket in India between 1944 and 1951. He was the first captain and the first century-maker for Assam.
Born in Worcester, Rupert Kettle served in the Gloucestershire Regiment in the Second World War. [1] While stationed in India in 1944 he played a first-class match, staged in aid of the Red Cross Fund, for a Services XI that included several English first-class cricketers and three Test cricketers. [2]
He spent several years in Assam after the war, working as a tea broker. [3] He captained Assam's cricket team in their debut season in the Ranji Trophy in 1948-49, when they played one match, losing by an innings to United Provinces. [4] In his second and final match for Assam, which was Assam's third first-class match, two seasons later, he scored Assam's first first-class century. Going to the wicket in the first innings with the score at 15 for 6, he made 106 not out in a team total of 175, adding 79 in a last-wicket partnership. Assam nevertheless lost by an innings again. [5]