Dick Penn
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| Full name | Alfred Penn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 January 1855 Lee, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 October 1889 (aged 34) Lee, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Dick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm round arm orthodox slow bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | John Penn, Frank Penn, William Penn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1875-1884 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 12 July 1875 Kent v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 12 May 1884 Kent v MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1], 28 February 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alfred ("Dick") Penn (6 January 1855 – 18 October 1889) 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.[1] 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.[2]
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.