Douglas Phipps

Who is Douglas Phipps?

Douglas David Phipps is a former English cricketer and British Army officer. Phipps was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Edmonton, Middlesex. He was educated at Mill Hill School, before enlisting in the British Army, where he undertook training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Palmer made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1952 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1952 to 1953, before playing for the Essex Second XI from 1956 to 1958 and Norfolk in 1956.

Palmer made his only first-class appearance for a Combined Services team against Cambridge University in 1964. In this match, he was dismissed for a duck in the Combined Services first-innings by Roy Kerslake. In their second-innings, he scored 15 runs before being dismissed by the same bowler. With the ball, he took a single wicket, that of Tony Windows for the cost of 53 runs from 12 overs.