| Philip Hope | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Philip Palmer Hope |
| Birth Date: | 10 February 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Hartlepool, County Durham, England |
| Death Place: | Clifton, Bristol, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Somerset |
| Year1: | 1914 - 25 |
| Type1: | First-class |
| Debutdate1: | 9 May |
| Debutyear1: | 1914 |
| Debutfor1: | Somerset |
| Debutagainst1: | Surrey |
| Lastdate1: | 9 June |
| Lastyear1: | 1925 |
| Lastfor1: | Somerset |
| Lastagainst1: | Essex |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 41 |
| Runs1: | 1048 |
| Bat Avg1: | 15.18 |
| 100S/50S1: | - /7 |
| Top Score1: | 77 |
| Deliveries1: | 177 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 145.00 |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/17 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 16/ - |
| Date: | 6 September |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3635/3635.html CricketArchive |
Philip Palmer Hope (10 February 1889 - 19 May 1962) played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1914 to 1925.[1] He was born at Hartlepool, County Durham, and died at Clifton, Bristol.
Hope was a right-handed middle or lower order batsman and an occasional right-arm fast-medium bowler. He was educated at Sherborne School and played Minor Counties cricket for Dorset up to 1913.
His first-class cricket for Somerset was restricted largely to three seasons, 1914, 1919 and 1921, though in each of these he was a fairly regular member of the side. In 1914, his one substantial innings was 65 against Derbyshire at Chesterfield.[2] Earlier, by making 18, he had contributed exactly half the runs made from the bat in the second innings against Hampshire at Bath.[3]
Hope returned to first-class cricket for a dozen games in 1919 and improved his personal best by scoring 68 in the match against Gloucestershire at Taunton.[4] This was the match in which Sydney Rippon, with whom Hope shared a 99-run first innings partnership that set Somerset on course to victory, played under an assumed name.[5] [6] Hope did not play in 1920, but returned to Somerset for a further dozen games in 1921, when he again improved his highest score, this time scoring 77, more than double the second highest score, in the match against Essex at Bath.[7]
After 1921 Hope left regular first-class cricket, making just one further appearance for Somerset in the 1925 season.[8]