# Anthony Rimell
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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Anthony Rimell
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Anthony Geoffrey Jordan Rimell
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|8|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Kasauli](/source/Kasauli), [Punjab](/source/Punjab_(British_India)), [British India](/source/British_India)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|10|18|1928|8|29|df=y}}
| death_place = [Sonning](/source/Sonning), [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire), England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [off break](/source/off_break)
| family =
| club1 = [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = 1946–1950
| club2 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club)
| year2 = 1949–1950
| columns = 1
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 23
| runs1 = 854
| bat avg1 = 28.46
| 100s/50s1 = 1/3
| top score1 = 160
| deliveries1 = 3,456
| wickets1 = 40
| bowl avg1 = 36.12
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 6/100
| catches/stumpings1 = 13/–
| date = 15 February
| year = 2010
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19412.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Anthony Geoffrey Jordan Rimell''' (29 August 1928 — 18 October 2007) was an English first-class [cricket](/source/cricket)er and businessman.
Rimmell was born in [British India](/source/British_India) at [Kasauli](/source/Kasauli) in August 1928. He was educated in England at [Charterhouse School](/source/Charterhouse_School), where he played for the school cricket team.[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQL-DwAAQBAJ|title=Benchmark: Life, Laughter and the Law|last=Popplewell|first=Oliver|author-link=Oliver Popplewell|publisher=[Bloomsbury Publishing](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing)|location=London|page=16|date=2009|isbn=9780755630134}}] He made his debut in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) at [Kingston-upon-Thames](/source/Hawker_Centre%2C_Kingston-upon-Thames) in 1946.[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6829/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Anthony Rimell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}] The following year, he was commissioned into the [Royal Engineers](/source/Royal_Engineers) as a [second lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant) in October 1947.[{{London Gazette|issue=38122|date=11 November 1947|page=5360|supp=y}}] He proceeded to matriculate to [Magdalene College, Cambridge](/source/Magdalene_College%2C_Cambridge) in 1948.[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejvA2DAz46EC|title=Cambridge University Reporter|publisher=[Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press)|page=1537|volume=88|edition=2|date=1958}}] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for [Cambridge University Cricket Club](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) from 1949 to 1950, making 21 appearances; amongst these were two appearances in [The University Match](/source/The_University_Match_(cricket)) against [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) at [Lord's](/source/Lord's).[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6829/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Anthony Rimell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}] he took one [five wicket haul](/source/five_wicket_haul), with figures of 6 for 100 against [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1950.[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19367.html|title=Gloucestershire v Cambridge University, University Match 1950|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}] As a batsman, he scored 772 runs for Cambridge at an [average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 28.59; he made three half centuries and one [century](/source/century_(cricket)),[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6829/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Anthony Rimell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}] a score of 160 [opening the batting](/source/Batting_order_(cricket)) against [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1949.[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18925.html|title=Worcestershire v Cambridge University, University Match 1949|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}] His final appearance in first-class cricket came for Hampshire against Worcestershire at [Dudley](/source/Tipton_Road) in the [1950 County Championship](/source/1950_County_Championship).[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-UdAQAAMAAJ|title=HBS Alumni Bulletin|publisher=Harvard Business School|page=21|volume=84|date=2008}}] From there, he went into business and was later director of the steel firm Firth Cleveland.[{{cite book |url=https://acscricket.com/wp-content/uploads/Sundry-Extras.pdf|title=County Cricket: Sunday Extras|first=David|last=Jeater|publisher=[ACS](/source/The_Association_of_Cricket_Statisticians_and_Historians)|location=[Cardiff](/source/Cardiff)|page=99|date=2017}}] Rimell died on 18 October 2007 at [Sonning, Berkshire](/source/Sonning).