Rupert Anson

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Rupert Anson

| country = England

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|11|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Marylebone, London

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|12|20|1889|11|7|df=yes}}

| death_place = Dorset

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm slow

| role =

| club1 = Middlesex

| year1 = 1910

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 33

| runs1 = 1,030

| bat avg1 = 22.88

| 100s/50s1 = 0/6

| top score1 = 97

| deliveries1 = 596

| wickets1 = 10

| bowl avg1 = 23.30

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/39

| catches/stumpings1 = 16/–

| date = 15 August 2008

| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27491/27491.html CricketArchive

}}

Rupert Anson (7 November 1889 – 20 December 1966) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club and HDG Leveson Gower's XI.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27491/f_Batting_by_Team.html | title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Rupert Anson

|date=2008-08-15 | publisher=Cricket archive}} His highest score of 97 came when playing for Middlesex in the match against Essex County Cricket Club in 1914.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/9/9264.html | title=Essex v Middlesex|date=2008-08-15 | publisher=Cricket archive}} He also scored 97 when playing for Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University Cricket Club, also in 1914.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/9/9336.html | title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University|date=2008-08-15 | publisher=Cricket archive}}

His best bowling of 5/39 came when playing for Middlesex in the match against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in 1911.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/8/8470.html | title=Gloucestershire v Middlesex|date=2008-08-15 | publisher=Cricket archive}}

He was educated at Harrow School where he was a member of the XI.Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, "Obituaries in 1966"