| Rupert Kettle | |
| Fullname: | Rupert Francis Kettle |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Worcester, England |
| Death Place: | Surrey, England |
| Club1: | Assam |
| Year1: | 1944-45 to 1950-51 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 133 |
| Bat Avg1: | 33.25 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/0 |
| Top Score1: | 106 not out |
| Deliveries1: | 150 |
| Wickets1: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 68.50 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/51 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30259.html Cricinfo |
| Date: | 21 July 2018 |
Rupert Francis Kettle (16 February 1915 – 11 December 1985) was an English cricketer who played three matches of first-class cricket in India between 1944 and 1951. He was the first captain and the first century-maker for Assam.
Born in Worcester, Rupert Kettle served in the Gloucestershire Regiment in the Second World War.[1] While stationed in India in 1944 he played a first-class match, staged in aid of the Red Cross Fund, for a Services XI that included several English first-class cricketers and three Test cricketers.[2]
He spent several years in Assam after the war, working as a tea broker.[3] He captained Assam's cricket team in their debut season in the Ranji Trophy in 1948-49, when they played one match, losing by an innings to United Provinces.[4] In his second and final match for Assam, which was Assam's third first-class match, two seasons later, he scored Assam's first first-class century. Going to the wicket in the first innings with the score at 15 for 6, he made 106 not out in a team total of 175, adding 79 in a last-wicket partnership. Assam nevertheless lost by an innings again.[5]