He was generally perceived to be a weak fielder due to lack of mobility, but he held 210 career catches.
Alf Dipper, then aged 22, had been playing for his local club in Tewkesbury and made his first-class debut on 15 June 1908 after he was called into the Gloucestershire team at short notice because they were a man short going to the Angel Ground in Tonbridge for a County Championship match against Kent.
He bowled 12 overs in the Kent innings and took 1/12 with the wicket of Ted Dillon, who was caught behind by Jack Board for 25.
He played in just one Test match for England, against Australia at Lord's in 1921, a year when many new players were tried against the all-conquering team led by Warwick Armstrong.
[2] Dipper died at St Thomas' Hospital in Lambeth on 7 November 1945, two days before his 60th birthday.