John Parker (English cricketer)
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| Full name | John Palmer Parker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
29 November 1902 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
9 August 1984 (aged 81) Warblington, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1926–1929 & 1932–1933 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 3 March 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Palmer Parker (29 November 1902 – 9 August 1984) was an English cricketer. Parker was a right-handed batsman.
Parker made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1926 County Championship against Northamptonshire. Parker played 44 first-class matches for Hampshire between 1926 and 1933, with his final match for the county coming against Somerset. In his 44 matches for the county he scored 1,117 runs at a batting average of 17.45, with four half centuries and a single century score of 156 against Kent in 1926. With the ball Parker took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 43.00, with best figures of 2-14. In the field Parker took a total of 21 catches for the county.
As well as playing first-class cricket for Hampshire, he also represented LH Tennyson's XI in two first-class matches against Jamaica on their tour of the West Indies in 1927. Parker also played for the Gentlemen in a single Gentlemen v Players fixture in 1927.
Parker died at Warblington, Hampshire on 9 August 1984.
External links
- John Parker at Cricinfo
- John Parker at CricketArchive
- Matches and detailed statistics for John Parker