John Parnham

John Thomas Parnham (6 September 1856 – 18 February 1908) was an English first-class cricketer and umpire.

John Parnham

Personal information
Full name	John Thomas Parnham
Born	6 September 1856 Bottesford, Leicestershire, England
Died	18 February 1908(1908-02-18) (aged 51) Church, Lancashire, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1883–1889	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 8 Runs scored 178 Batting average 19.77 100s/50s –/– Top score 90* Balls bowled 457 Wickets 16 Bowling average 18.37 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 7/25 Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 September 2019

Parnham was born at Bottesford, Leicestershire. He made his debut in first-class cricket for a United Eleven against the touring Australians in 1882 at Tunbridge Wells.[1] The following season he made three first-class appearances, playing twice for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University and Cambridge University, and once for The Rest against a combined Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire cricket team at Bradford.[1] He played once in 1885 for the MCC against Sussex, before playing for the North in the North v South fixtures of 1886 and 1887. His final first-class appearance came in 1889, for the MCC against Cambridge University at Fenner's.[1] An all-rounder, he scored a total of 178 runs at an average of 19.77, with a high score of 90 not out for the North in 1886.[2][3] With his slow left-arm orthodox bowling, he took 16 wickets at a bowling average of 18.37.[2] His best figures of 7 for 25 came on his first-class debut for the United Eleven, with Parnham taking 5 for 101 in the Australians first-innings and 7 for 25 in their second-innings.[4] Besides playing, Parnham stood as an umpire in three first-class matches during the 1880s,[5] before later standing in four matches in the 1903 Minor Counties Championship.[6] He in February 1908 at Church, Lancashire.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by John Parnham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
2. "Player profile: John Parnham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
3. "North v South, 1886". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
4. "United Eleven v Australians, 1882". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
5. "John Parnham as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
6. "John Parnham as Umpire in Minor Counties Championship Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

External links

• John Parnham at ESPNcricinfo