[1] Lipscomb was born at East Peckham in Kent in 1863 and educated at Stangrove House School in Edenbridge.
[2][3] He made his first-class debut for Kent against Yorkshire in 1882 at Bramall Lane, being called in to the side despite having played little recognised cricket at the time.
He played club cricket for Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge Town and Town Malling and made appearances for the Gentlemen of Kent as well as making a single first-class appearance for the United Eleven in 1882 and for WG Grace's XI in 1884, both against touring Australian sides.
[2][6] After his father lost his farm during the agricultural depression of the 1870s, Lipscomb trained as a brewer at Melbourne Bros brewery in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
[2][3] He emigrated to Australia in 1886, working in the brewing industry before becoming a member of the New South Wales Police Force in 1894.