David Phipps

{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = David Phipps

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Douglas David Phipps

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|1|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Middlesex, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Combined Services

| year1 = 1964

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 15

| bat avg1 = 7.50

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 15

| deliveries1 = 90

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 53.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/53

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 26 May

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18936.html Cricinfo

}}

Douglas David Phipps (born 27 July 1934) is a former English cricketer and British Army officer. Phipps was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Edmonton, Middlesex. He was educated at Mill Hill School, before enlisting in the British Army, where he undertook training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32056/all_teams.html|title=Teams Douglas Phipps played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107205241/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32056/all_teams.html|archivedate=7 November 2012}}

Phipps played for the Essex Second XI from 1956 to 1958.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32056/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Douglas Phipps|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 May 2011}} He made his only first-class appearance for a Combined Services team against Cambridge University in 1964.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32056/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Douglas Phipps|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 May 2011}} In this match, he was dismissed for a duck in the Combined Services first-innings by Roy Kerslake. In their second-innings, he scored 15 runs before being dismissed by the same bowler. With the ball, he took a single wicket, that of Tony Windows for the cost of 53 runs from 12 overs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26804.html|title=Combined Services v Cambridge University, 1964|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 May 2011}} He played various matches for Army and Combined Services teams from 1954 to 1969.{{cite web|title=Miscellaneous Matches played by David Phipps|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32056/Miscellaneous_Matches.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 December 2017}}