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Alfred Penn (6 January 1855 – 18 October 1889), known as Dick Penn, was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1875 to 1884.

Penn was born at The Cedars in Lee in what is now south-east London but was historically part of Kent. He was the son of John Penn, a manufacturer of marine engines with works in Deptford and Greenwich. His brothers Frank and William were both cricketers whilst another brother, John, was the Member of Parliament for Lewisham from 1891 to 1903.

Penn made his first-class cricket debut for Kent in July 1875, playing against Sussex at Hove. He went on to play a total of 48 first-class matches, 41 of which were for Kent.

Penn died at Lee in October 1889 at the age of 34.

References

1. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 437–438. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
2. Ideal Homes: a History of South East London Suburbs Archived 22 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
3. ^ Ambrose D (2003) Brief profile of Alfred Penn, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
4. Dick Penn, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
5. Alfred Penn, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-11-11.

External links

Dick Penn at ESPNcricinfo

• 1855 births
• 1889 deaths
• English cricketers
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• Cricketers from the London Borough of Lewisham