Howard Parkes
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| Full name | Howard Roderick Parkes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
31 May 1877 Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
28 May 1920 (aged 42) Studland, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1900 | London County | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1898 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 22 August 1898 Warwickshire v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 19 July 1900 London County v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 3 December 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard Roderick Parkes (31 May 1877 in Birmingham, England – 28 May 1920 in Studland, Dorset) was an English cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman,[2] he played first-class cricket for London County and Warwickshire.[3]
Career
Howard Parkes' first recorded senior match was for the Gentlemen of Surrey against the Gentlemen of Netherlands.[4] It was an unsuccessful debut, as he was bowled for a duck in each innings.[5] Two years later, he played for the Surrey Second XI against the Lancashire Second XI,[4] and in 1898 made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Leicestershire.[6]
Between 1897 and 1900 he attended Oxford University. Whilst he did play in trial matches, he never played for the university cricket team, though he did represent them at hurdling.[7] In 1900, he played a second match for the Surrey Second XI, against Glamorgan,[8] in addition to six first-class matches for London County,[6] also representing them against the West Indies.[4]
In November 1904, he played for Shanghai against the Straits Settlements in Hong Kong, opening the batting.[9]
He died in Dorset in 1920 from the effects of gas poisoning suffered whilst on active service in France with the Royal Garrison Artillery in World War I,[7] and was buried at Molesey Cemetery, West Molesey, Surrey.[10] His brother-in-law Tom Taylor played for Yorkshire between 1899 and 1906, playing 130 first-class matches in total.[11]
References
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- ↑ CricketArchive profile
- ↑ Teams played for by Howard Parkes at CricketArchive
- 1 2 3 Other Matches played by Howard Parkes at CricketArchive
- ↑ Scorecard of Gentlemen of Surrey v Gentlemen of Netherlands, 17 August 1894 at CricketArchive
- 1 2 First-class matches played by Howard Parkes at CricketArchive
- 1 2 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1921, Obituaries in 1920
- ↑ Minor Counties Championship matches played by Howard Parkes at CricketArchive
- ↑ Scorecard of Shanghai v Straits Settlements, 15 November 1904 at CricketArchive
- ↑ CWGC Casualty Record.
- ↑ Tom Taylor at CricketArchive