Tony Shippey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1939
Place of Birth: Newton, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Tony Shippey
- Peter Antony ("Tony") Shippey (born 31 August 1939) is a former English cricketer.
- Shippey was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break.
- He was born in Newton, Cambridgeshire. Shippey made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1957 Minor Counties Championship against the Essex Second XI.
- Shippey played Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1957 to 1983, which included 65 Minor Counties Championship matches.
- In 1964, he made his List A debut against Essex in the Gillette Cup.
- He played four further List A matches for Cambridgeshire, the last coming against Buckinghamshire in 1972.
- In his five List A matches for the county, Wing scored 41 runs at a batting average of 8.20, with a high score of 37.Shippey also played List A cricket on four occasions for Minor Counties North, appearing for them in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup.
- In these four matches, he scored just 7 runs at an average of 1.75.
- He also appeared in a handful of first-class matches.
- His debut first-class match came for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University in 1967.
- In his only first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club, he opened the batting in their first-innings, scoring 15 runs before being dismissed by Stephen Russell.
- He later played three first-class fixtures for the Minor Counties, two in 1969 against the touring West Indians and New Zealanders, and later in 1971 against the touring Indians.
- In his four first-class matches, he scored 187 runs at an average of 31.16, with a single half century high score of 94* against the West IndiansHis brother Samuel played Minor counties and List A cricket for Cambridgeshire.
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