Roland Parker

Roland John Parker (born 19 July 1925) MBE is an English former first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.

Roland Parker

Personal information
Full name	Roland John Parker
Born	(1925-07-19) 19 July 1925 Pudsey, Yorkshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 36 Batting average 12.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 18 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 February 2019

Parker was born at Pudsey, where he was coached by Herbert Sutcliffe and Leonard Hutton during his youth.[1] He joined the Royal Air Force in the latter stages of the Second World War, serving as a pilot officer as an emergency commission on probation in July 1945.[2] After a successful probation he was promoted to flying officer in October 1945.[3] He played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team in 1947, making two appearances against Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire,[4] scoring 36 runs.[5] Fifty years later he was a made an MBE in the 1997 Birthday Honours for services to community sport in Pudsey.[6]

References

1. Chalke, Stephen (July 2005). "First man of Pudsey". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
2. "No. 37179". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 July 1945.
3. "No. 37333". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 October 1944.
4. "First-Class Matches played by Roland Parker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
5. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roland Parker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
6. "No. 54794". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1997.

External links

• Roland Parker at ESPNcricinfo