lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings family year birth_date bowling debutagainst tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate nickname source type lastyear runs date wickets lastfor s/s matches article_title
mcc balls 9646 18 october 1889 12 may 1875 1 21 / - john penn , frank penn , william penn 1875-1884 6 january 1855 left-arm round arm orthodox slow bowler sussex 3 england lee , london , england kent 20 left-handed batsman dick penn alfred penn kent lee , london , england first-class 12 july dick http://cricketarchive.com/archive/players/31/31999/31999.html first-class 1884 539 1855 1 6 yes 222 kent - / 1 48 dick penn

dick penn

alfred -lrb- `` dick '' -rrb- penn -lrb- 6 january 1855 -- 18 october 1889 -rrb- was an english cricketer who played first class cricket for kent from 1875 to 1884 .
penn was born at the cedars , lee , lewisham , the son of john penn a manufacturer of marine engines at works in deptford and greenwich .
in 1874 he was playing cricket for gentlemen of west kent .
he joined the county side in 1875 and played his opening match against sussex .
he played 48 first-class matches , 41 of which were for kent .
his strength was as a bowler and he achieved five wickets in an innings 20 times and ten wickets in a match 3 times .
his last first class match was against mcc .
penn was a left-hand batsman and played 82 innings in 48 first class matches with an average of 7.81 and a top score of 66 .
he was a left-arm round arm orthodox slow bowler and took 222 first class wickets at an average of 16.07 and a best performance of 8 for 34 .
penn died at lee , at the age of 34 .
his brothers frank and william also played cricket for kent .
his brothers-in-law were the rugby internationals joseph fletcher green and frederick stockes .
