Simon Edward Anthony Kimmins (born 26 May 1930) is a former English

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er. He played for

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between 1950 and 1959, making a total of 16 appearances in first-class cricket matches. Kimmins was born in London in 1930 and attended

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where he played in the cricket XI.Simon Kimmins
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and

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who served in the Royal Navy during both World Wars.Anthony Martin Kimmins

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. Retrieved 28 February 2018.Capt. Anthony Kimmins, '' The Times'', 20 May 1964, p.16.Deaths, '' The Times'', 1 July 1964, p.14. Kimmins played four times for the Royal Navy in non-first-class matches whilst on National Service in 1950 and made his first-class cricket debut for the Combined Services team against

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in June 1950. He made his Kent debut later the same year and went on to make 11 further appearances for the county First XI during the 1951 season and two appearances for the Second XI in the

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, one in 1952 and the last in 1953. Kimmins played cricket into the 1960s, making first-class appearances for Free Foresters and MCC and touring India and the far-east with EW Swanton's XI in 1964.

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