12 Facts About Vallance Jupp

Vallance William Crisp Jupp was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire.

Vallance Jupp played regularly for Sussex after his first year with them, making such steady improvement that in 1914, with a highest innings of 217 not out, against Worcestershire at Worcester, he finished third in the batting figures, and had an average of over 36.

Vallance Jupp watched the ball so well that when occasion demanded he could play a rigidly defensive game, while on a fast wicket there were few cricketers of his day better worth watching.

Vallance Jupp possessed a wide variety of strokes, and could drive or cut with equal power and facility.

Vallance Jupp's footwork, too, was so good that on a treacherous pitch he was a particularly valuable batsman.

Vallance Jupp was rated as a brilliant fieldsman at cover point.

In 1927 Vallance Jupp became captain of Northamptonshire, a post he held until 1931.

Vallance Jupp continued as a player for the county until 1939.

Vallance Jupp achieved the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in a season ten times, and along with Freddie Brown is one of the only two cricketers to have achieved that feat for two different teams.

Vallance Jupp continued playing first-class cricket for Northamptonshire until 1938, but did not play at all in 1934 or 1935.

Vallance Jupp was sentenced to nine months in prison, and was released in June 1935 after serving half his sentence, but did not play cricket again until the following year.

Vallance Jupp collapsed and died in the garden at his home in Spratton on 9 July 1960.