John Parker

Who was John Parker?

John Palmer Parker was an English cricketer. Parker was a right-handed batsman.

Parker made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1926 County Championship against Northamptonshire. Parker played 44 first-class matches for Hampshire between 1926 and 1933, with his final match for the county coming against Somerset. In his 44 matches for the county he scored 1,117 runs at a batting average of 17.45, with four half centuries and a single century score of 156 against Kent in 1926. With the ball Parker took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 43.00, with best figures of 2-14. In the field Parker took a total of 21 catches for the county.

As well as playing first-class cricket for Hampshire, he also represented LH Tennyson's XI in two first-class matches against Jamaica on their tour of the West Indies in 1927. Parker also played for the Gentlemen in a single Gentlemen v Players fixture in 1927.

Parker died at Warblington, Hampshire on 9 August 1984.