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| Full name | Richard John Parkhouse | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1910 Clydach, Glamorgan, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 January 1984 (aged 73) Hereford, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1939 | Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 15 July 1939 Glamorgan v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 19 July 1939 Glamorgan v Surrey | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 12 April 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Richard John Parkhouse (2 March 1910 – 1 January 1984) was a cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman,[2] he played internationals for Egypt and Nigeria and first-class cricket for Glamorgan.[3]
Biography
[edit]Born in Clydach in 1910,[2] Richard Parkhouse started his cricket career playing for his local club and Llanelli in the 1930s before becoming a teacher in Egypt.[1] Whilst in Egypt, he played for the Egyptian national side against HM Martineau's XI in Cairo in April 1939, scoring a century in the first innings.[4]
In July of that year, he played his only two first-class matches for Glamorgan against Hampshire and Surrey.[5] After World War II, he played two matches for Nigeria against the Gold Coast in Lagos$1[6] and eventually became a coach in Scotland.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Cricinfo profile
- 1 2 CricketArchive profile
- ↑ Teams played for by Richard Parkhouse at CricketArchive
- ↑ Scorecard of Egypt v HM Martineau's XI, 20 April 1939 at CricketArchive
- ↑ First-class matches played by Richard Parkhouse at CricketArchive
- ↑ Other matches played by Richard Parkhouse at CricketArchive
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