Born in Worcester, Rupert Kettle served in the Gloucestershire Regiment in the Second World War.
[1] While stationed in India in 1944 he played a first-class match, staged in aid of the Red Cross Fund, for a Services XI that included several English first-class cricketers and three Test cricketers.
[2] He spent several years in Assam after the war, working as a tea broker.
[3] He captained Assam's cricket team in their debut season in the Ranji Trophy in 1948-49, when they played one match, losing by an innings to United Provinces.
Going to the wicket in the first innings with the score at 15 for 6, he made 106 not out in a team total of 175, adding 79 in a last-wicket partnership.