John Parker (English cricketer)

John Parker
Personal information
Full name	John Palmer Parker
Born	29 November 1902; Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died	9 August 1984 (aged 81); Warblington, Hampshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
1926–1933	Hampshire
Career statistics
Matches	46
Runs scored	1,117
Batting average	17.45
100s/50s	1/4
Top score	156
Balls bowled	354
Wickets	6
Bowling average	43.00
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	2/14
Catches/stumpings	22/–
	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