Lionel Tapscott
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Full name | Lionel Eric Tapscott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 18 March 1894 Kimberley, Cape Colony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 July 1934 Kenilworth, Cape Town | (aged 40)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Doodles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | George Tapscott (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 108) | 9 February 1923 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 16 February 1923 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 8 October 2019 |
Lionel Eric "Doodles" Tapscott (1894–1934) was a South African cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1923.[1]
He was born on 18 March 1894 at Kimberley, Cape Colony.
Outside of cricket, Tapscott excelled at tennis and represented South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2] He made it all the way to the Round of 16 before losing a five set match to Bohemian Ladislav Žemla-Rázný.[3]
His brother, George, also played Test cricket for South Africa and his sister Billie was a tennis player who reached the quarterfinals at the French Championships and Wimbledon.
He died on 7 July 1934 at Kenilworth, Cape Town.
References
[edit]- ^ "Lionel Tapscott". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Lionel Tapscott". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Lionel Tapscott Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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- 1894 births
- 1934 deaths
- Cricketers from Kimberley, Northern Cape
- Cape Colony cricketers
- South Africa Test cricketers
- South African cricketers
- Griqualand West cricketers
- South African male tennis players
- Olympic tennis players for South Africa
- Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- South African cricket biography stubs
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