Rupert Kettle
Personal information
Full name
Rupert Francis Kettle
Born(1915-02-16)16 February 1915
Worcester, England
Died11 December 1985(1985-12-11) (aged 70)
Surrey, England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1944-45 to 1950-51Assam
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 133
Batting average 33.25
100s/50s 1/0
Top score 106 not out
Balls bowled 150
Wickets 2
Bowling average 68.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/51
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 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.

Life and career

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Gloster R." (PDF). London Gazette. 1 April 1941. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Services XI v Bengal Governor's XI 1944-45". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960". Ancestry. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Assam v United Provinces 1948-49". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh v Assam 1950-51". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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