Simon Kimmins

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Simon Kimmins
Personal information
Full name
Simon Edward Anthony Kimmins
Born (1930-05-26) 26 May 1930 (age 93)
Westminster, London
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsAnthony Kimmins (father)
CW Kimmins (grandfather)
Grace Kimmins (grandmother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1950–1953Kent
FC debut7 June 1950 Combined Services v Glamorgan
Last FC8 July 1959 MCC v Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 16
Runs scored 563
Batting average 21.65
100s/50s 0/3
Top score 81
Balls bowled 1,981
Wickets 24
Bowling average 41.50
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/42
Catches/stumpings 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 April 2014

Simon Edward Anthony Kimmins (born 26 May 1930) is a former English cricketer. He played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1950 and 1959, making a total of 16 appearances in first-class cricket matches.[1]

Kimmins was born in London in 1930 and attended Charterhouse School where he played in the cricket XI.[2] His father, Anthony Kimmins, was a playwright and film director who served in the Royal Navy during both World Wars.[3][4][5]

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 Glamorgan 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 Minor Counties Championship, one in 1952 and the last in 1953.[2]

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.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Simon Kimmins". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Simon Kimmins, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2018. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Anthony Martin Kimmins, National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ^ Capt. Anthony Kimmins, The Times, 20 May 1964, p.16.
  5. ^ Deaths, The Times, 1 July 1964, p.14.

External links[edit]

Simon Kimmins at ESPNcricinfo