Dick Penn

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Dick Penn

| image =

| fullname = Alfred Penn

| height =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1855|1|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lee, Kent

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1889|10|18|1855|1|6|df=yes}}

| death_place = Lee, Kent

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| role =

| family = {{ubl|John Penn (father)|John Penn (brother)|Frank Penn (brother)|William Penn (brother)}}

| club1 = Kent

| year1 = {{nowrap|1875-1884}}

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 12 July

| debutyear1 = 1875

| debutfor1 = Kent

| debutagainst1 = Sussex

| lastdate1 = 12 May

| lastyear1 = 1884

| lastfor1 = Kent

| lastagainst1 = MCC

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 48

| runs1 = 539

| bat avg1 = 7.81

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 66

| deliveries1 = 9,630

| wickets1 = 222

| bowl avg1 = 16.07

| fivefor1 = 20

| tenfor1 = 3

| best bowling1 = 8/34

| catches/stumpings1= 21/–

| date = 28 February

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18879.html CricInfo

}}

Alfred Penn (6 January 1855 – 18 October 1889), known as Dick Penn, was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1875 to 1884.Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 437–438. ([https://archive.acscricket.com/books/Kent_Cricketers_A_to_Z_Part_One_Revised_Expanded.pdf Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)

Penn was born at The Cedars in Lee in what is now south-east London but was historically part of Kent. He was the son of John Penn, a manufacturer of marine engines with works in Deptford and Greenwich.[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/lewisham/assets/galleries/lee/the-cedars-1900 Ideal Homes: a History of South East London Suburbs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222173826/http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/lewisham/assets/galleries/lee/the-cedars-1900 |date=22 February 2020 }}. Retrieved 2018-11-11. His brothers Frank and William were both cricketers whilst another brother, John, was the Member of Parliament for Lewisham from 1891 to 1903.Ambrose D (2003) [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1234.html Brief profile of Alfred Penn], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-11.

Penn made his first-class cricket debut for Kent in July 1875, playing against Sussex at Hove.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31999/31999.html Dick Penn], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-11. He went on to play a total of 48 first-class matches, 41 of which were for Kent.

Penn died at Lee in October 1889 at the age of 34.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18879.html Alfred Penn], CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-11-11.