William Parrington

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William Parrington (November 1, 1889 — May 7, 1980) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire. He was born in Carley Hill and died in Northallerton.

Parrington made his debut in the County Championship a whole twelve years after his first and only appearance in the Minor Counties Championship, in which he scored close to a half-century before being caught out by Jock Tait. In the second innings of his debut match, Parrington hit what was to prove his career-best score of 47.

Parrington continued to perform well during the first half of the season, but was dropped from the team at the beginning of July, after underperforming in his final match. Parrington's brothers, Tom and Henry, both played Minor Counties cricket for Durham in the first decade of the 20th century.