years, Kippax was an A-grade golfer at The Lakes course in Sydney and a club champion lawn bowler at Double Bay. A "... small, gentle man with a kindly way about him", Kippax enjoyed a great reputation within the game; he was "a man of personal charm". He was as elegant off the field as he was on; the cricket writer David Frith recorded that, "to visit him in his Bellevue Hill home was to be transported into a calm 1930s world of silk smoking jacket, cigarette holder and art deco trimmings." Kippax died of heart disease at his home in Bellevue Hill on 5 September 1972. The Kippax Centre in the Canberra suburb of Holt is named after him. He was an uncle of the theatre critic H. G. Kippax. References Citations Sources Andrews, BG (1983): “Kippax, Alan Falconer (1897–1972)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography - Volume 9, Melbourne University Press. Bradman, Don (1950): Farewell to Cricket, 1988 Pavilion Library reprint. . Cashman, Richard et al., editors (1996): The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford University Press. . Frith, David (2002): Bodyline Autopsy, ABC Books. . Harte, Chris (1993): A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch. . McGilvray, Alan & Tasker, Norman (1985): The Game Is Not the Same, ABC Books. . Pollard, Jack (1995): Home and Away—A Complete Record of Australian Cricket Tours, ABC Books. . Robinson, Ray (1985): After Stumps Were Drawn, Williams Collins. . Whitington, RS (1974): The Book of Australian Test Cricket 1877–1974, Wren Publishing. . Wisden Cricketers' Almanack: various editions accessed at cricinfo.com. 1897 births 1972 deaths Australia Test cricketers New South Wales cricketers Australian cricketers Cricketers from Sydney