| Godfrey Cripps | |
| Birth Date: | 1865 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Mussoorie, India |
| Death Place: | Adelaide, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Tests |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 21 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0 / 0 |
| Top Score1: | 18 |
| Deliveries1: | 15 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0 / 0 |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 4 |
| Runs2: | 217 |
| Bat Avg2: | 31.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | 1 / 0 |
| Top Score2: | 102 |
| Deliveries2: | 65 |
| Wickets2: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 59.00 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 1/18 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 4 / 0 |
| International: | true |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testdebutdate: | 19 March |
| Testdebutyear: | 1892 |
| Testcap: | 15 |
| Lasttestdate: | 19 March |
| Lasttestyear: | 1892 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/44480.html Cricinfo |
| Date: | 18 November 2018 |
Godfrey Cripps (19 October 1865 in Mussoorie, India – 27 July 1943 in Adelaide, Australia) was a cricketer who played in one Test for South Africa in 1891–92.[1]
Born in India and educated at Cheltenham College in England, Cripps played just four first-class cricket matches, all of them in South Africa. A middle-order right-handed batsman, his first first-class appearance was in the South African Test side in March 1892 that lost to Walter Read's English touring team – which included the Australian players Billy Murdoch and John Ferris.[2] Cripps was one of four South Africans who were making their first-class debuts in this Test match.
A season later, Cripps played twice for Western Province, scoring a century in the second match against Griqualand West.[3] His final first-class game was the 1893–94 Currie Cup final for Western Province against Natal which his side won inside two days.[4]
In 1894, he was vice-captain of the South African tour team to England, but no first-class matches were played on the tour. At the time he was working as a cashier for the African Banking Corporation.[5]
Cripps was a cousin of the British Cabinet minister Sir Stafford Cripps. He had been a deputy sheriff in the Cape Colony before going to Australia some 30 years before his death.[6] At the time of his death in July 1943 he was living at Simpson Road in the Adelaide suburb of Wattle Park. He had been a schoolmaster in Australia, initially in Queensland and then at St Peter's College, Adelaide, until 10 years before his death.[6]