Graham Tripp

Who is Graham Tripp?

Graham Malcolm Tripp, born at Clevedon, Somerset on 29 June 1932, was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset in the 1950s.

Tripp was a right-handed middle-order batsman who made a lot of runs for Somerset's second eleven but never quite succeeded in making the step up to first-class cricket. He appeared in 34 first-class matches in five seasons, but his career average as a batsman was only 12 and he reached 50 in an innings only twice.

Tripp made his debut for Somerset against the South Africans in 1955, making 2 and 13. It was enough, in a weak batting side, to keep him in the team for the next two matches, but he failed to reach double figures in either.

In 1956, he played fairly regularly in mid-season, but his only 50 – exactly 50 – came in a losing cause when promoted to open the second innings batting against Derbyshire. His 217 runs in the season at an average of 15.50 was his highest aggregate for any season.

Tripp's highest score came in 1957: batting at No 3, he made 62 against Essex at Colchester, "driving and cutting attractively", said Wisden. But the rest of the season produced only 76 further runs in 17 innings and he finished with an average of only eight runs per innings.