Lionel Tapscott
Template:Short description Template:Use South African English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lionel Eric "Doodles" Tapscott (18 March 1894 – 7 July 1934) was a South African cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1923.[1]
He was born on 18 March 1894 at Kimberley, Cape Colony.
Outside of cricket, Tapscott excelled at tennis and represented South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2] He made it to the Round of 16 before losing a five set match to Bohemian Ladislav Žemla-Rázný.[3]
His brother, George, also played Test cricket for South Africa, and his sister Billie was a tennis player who reached the quarterfinals at the French Championships and Wimbledon.
He died on 7 July 1934 at Kenilworth, Cape Town.
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