William Russell Hennessy Dippie (9 June 1907 – 15 February 1997) was a Scottish first-class

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er. Dippie was born at Edinburgh in June 1907. A

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er for Brunswick, he made a single appearance in

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for

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against

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in 1939. Playing in the Scottish team as a right-arm

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, he went wicketless in the Irish first innings, but took figures of 3 for 41. As a lower order batsman, he ended the Scottish first innings unbeaten on 7 runs, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by

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. Outside of cricket, he was by profession an electrician. Dippie died in England at

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in February 1997.

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* 1907 births 1997 deaths Cricketers from Edinburgh Scottish cricketers {{Scotland-cricket-bio-stub