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| Full name | Alfred Penn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 January 1855 Lee, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 October 1889 (aged 34) Lee, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1875-1884 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 12 July 1875 Kent v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 12 May 1884 Kent v MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 28 February 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alfred Penn (6 January 1855 – 18 October 1889), known as Dick Penn, was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1875 to 1884.[1]
Penn was born at The Cedars in Lee in what is now south-east London but was historically part of Kent. He was the son of John Penn, a manufacturer of marine engines with works in Deptford and Greenwich.[2] His brothers Frank and William were both cricketers whilst another brother, John, was the Member of Parliament for Lewisham from 1891 to 1903.[3]
Penn made his first-class cricket debut for Kent in July 1875, playing against Sussex at Hove.[4] He went on to play a total of 48 first-class matches, 41 of which were for Kent.[3]
Penn died at Lee in October 1889 at the age of 34.[5]
References
- ↑ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 437–438. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ↑ Ideal Homes: a History of South East London Suburbs. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
- 1 2 Ambrose D (2003) Brief profile of Alfred Penn, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
- ↑ Dick Penn, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
- ↑ Alfred Penn, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
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