Dick Penn

Who was Dick Penn?

Alfred Penn was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Kent from 1875 to 1884.

Penn was born at The Cedars, Lee, Lewisham, the son of John Penn a manufacturer of marine engines at works in Deptford and Greenwich. In 1874 he was playing cricket for Gentlemen of West Kent. He joined the county side in 1875 and played his opening match against Sussex. He played 48 first-class matches, 41 of which were for Kent. His strength was as a bowler and he achieved five wickets in an innings 20 times and ten wickets in a match 3 times. His last first class match was against MCC.

Penn was a left-hand batsman and played 82 innings in 48 first class matches with an average of 7.81 and a top score of 66. He was a left-arm round arm orthodox slow bowler and took 222 first class wickets at an average of 16.07 and a best performance of 8 for 34.

Penn died at Lee, at the age of 34. His brothers Frank and William also played cricket for Kent. His brothers-in-law were the rugby internationals Joseph Fletcher Green and Frederick Stockes.