Harry Parks

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient, see Henry Jeremiah Parks.

First-class record
Harry Parks England (Eng)

Batting style	Right-hand opening or middle order batsman
Bowling type	Right-arm medium
Matches	483
Runs scored	21725
Batting average	33.57
100s/50s	42/106
Top score	200*
Balls bowled	1208
Wickets	13
Bowling average	54.23
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best Bowling	2-37
Catches/Stumpings	196/0
First class debut: 5 June 1926 Last first class game: 24 December 1949 Source: CricketArchive

Henry William 'Harry' Parks (born July 18, 1906 at Haywards Heath, Sussex; died May 7, 1984 at Taunton, Somerset) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman whose first-class career with Sussex lasted from 1926 to 1948. In 483 matches he scored 21,725 runs at an average of 33.57, with 42 centuries and a highest score of 200* . He scored 1000 runs in a season 14 times, with a best of 2,122 in 1947. Before World War Two he was a middle-order batsman, but after it he became John Langridge's opening partner.

He was a member of a notable cricketing family, being the brother of Jim Parks senior and the uncle of Jim Parks junior. He stood as a first-class umpire in 1949 and 1950, and played one match for the Commonwealth XI in India in 1949-50, his last first-class match. Afterwards he was a coach at Taunton School.