Graham Tripp

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Graham Tripp


country = England
fullname = Graham Malcolm Tripp
nickname =
living = true
dayofbirth = 29
monthofbirth = 6
yearofbirth = 1932
placeofbirth = Clevedon, Somerset
countryofbirth = England
batting = Right-handed batsman
bowling =
role = Middle-order batsman
club1 = Somerset
year1 = 1955–59
type1 = First-class
onetype1 =
debutdate1 = 15 June
debutyear1 = 1955
debutfor1 = Somerset
debutagainst1 = South Africans
lastdate1 = 24 July
lastyear1 = 1959
lastfor1 = Somerset
lastagainst1 = Hampshire
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 34
runs1 = 700
bat avg1 = 12.72
100s/50s1 = -/2
top score1 = 62
deliveries1 = 7
wickets1 = -
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = -
best bowling1 = 0/1
catches/stumpings1 = 29/0
date = 09 Jun
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3861/3861.html CricketArchive

Graham Malcolm Tripp, born at Clevedon, Somerset on June 29, 1932, was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset in the 1950s.

Tripp was a right-handed middle-order batsman who made a lot of runs for Somerset's second eleven but never quite succeeded in making the step up to first-class cricket. He appeared in 34 first-class matches in five seasons, but his career average as a batsman was only 12 and he reached 50 in an innings only twice.

Tripp made his debut for Somerset against the South Africans in 1955, making 2 and 13. [cite web|url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21584.html |title = Somerset v South Africans |date = 1955-06-15 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com |accessdate = 2008-06-08] It was enough, in a weak batting side, to keep him in the team for the next two matches, but he failed to reach double figures in either.

In 1956, he played fairly regularly in mid-season, but his only 50 – exactly 50 – came in a losing cause when promoted to open the second innings batting against Derbyshire. [cite web|url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22126.html |title = Derbyshire v Somerset |date = 1956-07-24 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com |accessdate = 2008-06-08] His 217 runs in the season at an average of 15.50 was his highest aggregate for any season.

Tripp's highest score came in 1957: batting at No 3, he made 62 against Essex at Colchester, "driving and cutting attractively", said Wisden. [Cite book| title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack| edition = 1958| publisher = Wisden| chapter = Essex in 1957| pages = p336 ] But the rest of the season produced only 76 further runs in 17 innings and he finished with an average of only eight runs per innings.

In both the 1958 and 1959 seasons, Tripp was called into the Somerset team for half a dozen matches, but he failed to pass 50 and only in his last season, 1959, did he suggest any consistency. He left the Somerset staff at the end of the 1959 season.

Despite the relative lack of success at first-class level, Tripp was a heavy scorer for Somerset's second eleven in both the Minor Counties and Second Eleven Championship competitions, heading the county's averages in 1957 and 1959. After leaving Somerset, he played Minor Counties cricket for Devon.

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