Personal information | |
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Full name | Frank Cecil Percival Kippins |
Born | Georgetown, British Guiana | 23 January 1925
Died | 7 March 2023 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 98)
Umpiring information | |
Tests umpired | 10 (1958–1973) |
Source: Cricinfo, 9 July 2013 |
Frank Cecil Percival Kippins (23 January 1925 – 7 March 2023) was a West Indian cricket umpire from Guyana.[1] He stood in ten Test matches between 1958 and 1973.[2] In all, he umpired 43 first-class matches between 1953 and 1974, most of them at the Bourda ground in Georgetown, Guyana.[3]
Kippins retired from umpiring in 1974 and migrated to the United States.[1] He died in Atlanta, Georgia on 7 March 2023, at the age of 98.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Umpire Cecil Kippins Unplugged". Caribbean Cricket. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ "Cecil Kippins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ "Cecil Kippins as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Cecil Kippins will be missed in the cricketing world". Stabroek News. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.