deliveries columns catches/stumpings year tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name lasttestyear column international testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
0 8,882 1 2 0/0 210/0 1921 0 1 right-arm medium english 0 5 right-hand bat alfred dipper 1921 tests first-class true 11 june '' cricinfo '' 11 june 51 28,075 1921 0 161 14 june 0/0 53/147 1 481 alfred dipper

alfred dipper

alfred ernest dipper -lrb- 9 november 1885 , apperley , gloucestershire , england -- 7 november 1945 , lambeth , london , england -rrb- was a cricketer who played for gloucestershire and once for england .
dipper made his first-class debut in 1908 when called into the gloucestershire side which was a man short for the match against kent at tonbridge .
he batted at number nine and top scored , but failed to keep a regular place in the team .
he re-emerged as an opening batsman in 1911 and was then a regular in the team until 1932 , when he retired .
a defensive batsman in what was , until the arrival of walter hammond in the mid-1920s , usually a weak batting line-up , dipper exceeded 1,000 runs in a season 15 times and went on to 2,000 five times .
his full aggregate of 28,075 runs puts him 73rd on the all-time list of run-getters and he made 53 centuries .
dipper played in just one test match for england , against australia at lord 's in 1921 , the year when many new players were tried against the all-conquering team led by warwick armstrong .
dipper scored 40 and 11 , but was dropped .
his lack of mobility as a fielder probably cost him further consideration .
in retirement , dipper stood as a first-class umpire .
he was also a high standard player of bowls and billiards .
