John Whitehead (cricketer)

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John Parkin Whitehead was a first class cricketer who played 37 first class games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1946 to 1951, 33 for Worcestershire CCC in 1953 and 1955 and 4 for the Combined Services in 1947. He also played for Yorkshire Second XI (1946-1951), Lancashire (1945), Army (1947), Yorkshire Present (1951) and Worcestershire Second XI (1955).

A right arm fast medium bowler, he took 147 wickets at 29.23 with a best of 5 for 10 for the Combined Services against Worcestershire, one of 4 hauls of 5 wickets in an innings. He scored 1,246 first class runs at 19.16 with a highest score of 71, which he made twice, once for Worcestershire and once for the Combined Services. He took 25 catches in the field.

He was born on September 3, 1925 in Upper Mill, Yorkshire and died on August 15, 2000 in Southampton, Hampshire.