Robert Kimpton (5 January 1914 – 6 February 2007) was an Australian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. He played one
first-class match for
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
in 1935/36.
He was the last surviving player from the Western Australia side that played the
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ...
(MCC) side during their
tour to Australia in October 1935.
See also
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List of Western Australia first-class cricketers
References
External links
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1914 births
2007 deaths
Australian cricketers
Western Australia cricketers
People from Essendon, Victoria
Cricketers from Melbourne
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