Roland Parker
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| Full name | Roland John Parker | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 July 1925 Pudsey, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Roland John Parker (born 19 July 1925) MBE is an English former first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.
Parker was born at Pudsey, where he was coached by Herbert Sutcliffe and Leonard Hutton during his youth.[1] He joined the Royal Air Force in the latter stages of the Second World War, serving as a pilot officer as an emergency commission on probation in July 1945.[2] After a successful probation he was promoted to flying officer in October 1945.[3] He played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team in 1947, making two appearances against Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire,[4] scoring 36 runs.[5] Fifty years later he was a made an MBE in the 1997 Birthday Honours for services to community sport in Pudsey.[6]
References
- ^ Chalke, Stephen (July 2005). "First man of Pudsey". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ "No. 37179". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 July 1945.
- ^ "No. 37333". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 October 1944.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Roland Parker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roland Parker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ "No. 54794". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1997.
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