| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Howard Roderick Parkes | |||
| Born | 31 May 1877 Birmingham, England |
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| Died | 28 May 1920 (aged 42) Studland, Dorset, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1900 | London County | |||
| 1898 | Warwickshire | |||
| First-class debut | 22 August 1898 Warwickshire v Leicestershire | |||
| Last First-class | 19 July 1900 London County v Warwickshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 7 | |||
| Runs scored | 79 | |||
| Batting average | 7.90 | |||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | |||
| Top score | 21 | |||
| Balls bowled | 0 | |||
| Wickets | - | |||
| Bowling average | - | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | |||
| 10 wickets in match | - | |||
| Best bowling | - | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 3/0 | |||
| Source: CricketArchive, 3 December 2007 | ||||
Howard Roderick Parkes (31 May 1877 in Birmingham, England – 28 May 1920 in Studland, Dorset) was an English cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman,[2] he played first-class cricket for London County and Warwickshire.[3]
Howard Parkes' first recorded major match was for the Gentlemen of Surrey against the Gentlemen of Netherlands.[4] It was an unsuccessful debut, as he was bowled for a duck in each innings.[5] Two years later, he played for the Surrey Second XI against the Lancashire Second XI,[4] and in 1898 made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Leicestershire.[6]
Between 1897 and 1900 he attended Oxford University. Whilst he did play in trial matches, he never played for the university cricket team, though he did represent them at hurdling.[7] In 1900, he played a second match for the Surrey Second XI, against Glamorgan,[8] in addition to six first-class matches for London County,[6] also representing them against the West Indies.[4]
In November 1904, he played for Shanghai against the Straits Settlements in Hong Kong, opening the batting.[9] He died in Dorset in 1920 from the effects of gas poisoning suffered whilst on active service in France with the Royal Artillery.[7] His brother-in-law Tom Taylor played for Yorkshire between 1899 and 1906, playing 130 first-class matches in total.[10]