Claim: Jack Rippon, a right-handed batsman who played as a wicket-keeper, was an understudy to Haydn Davies but later on made his first-class debut for Glamorgan in 1947.
Evidence: Rippon was a right-handed batsman who played as a wicket-keeper. Rippon was during his time with Glamorgan, very much the understudy to Haydn Davies. Rippon made his first-class debut for Glamorgan in 1947 against Warwickshire.