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Donald Parry (cricketer)

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Donald Parry
Personal information
Full name
Donald Morris Parry
Born8 February 1911
Hatch End, Middlesex, England
Died30 March 2002(2002-03-30) (aged 91)
Stalham, Norfolk, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1931–1932Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 17
Runs scored 574
Batting average 22.07
100s/50s –/2
Top score 87*
Catches/stumpings 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2022

Donald Morris Parry (8 February 1911 — 30 March 2002) was an English first-class cricketer.

Parry was born at Hatch End in February 1911. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School,[1] before going up to St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1931 and 1932, making seventeen appearances.[3] He scored a total of 574 runs in his seventeen matches at an average of 22.07,[4] with a highest score of 87 not out, which was made against the Free Foresters in 1931.[5] Parry later served in the Second World War with the Scots Guards, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in December 1942.[6] He relinquished his commission after the war in October 1946.[7] Parry died in March 2002 at Stalham, Norfolk.

References

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  1. ^ "Player profile: Donald Parry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1998. Cambridge University Press. 1998. p. 602. ISBN 9780521777544.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Donald Parry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Donald Parry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Cambridge University v Free Foresters, 1931". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ^ "No. 35880". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 January 1943. p. 532.
  7. ^ "No. 37773". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 October 1946. p. 5354.
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