Donald Parry (cricketer)
English cricketer
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Donald Morris Parry (8 February 1911 — 30 March 2002) was an English first-class cricketer.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Donald Morris Parry | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1911 Hatch End, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 March 2002 (aged 91) Stalham, Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1931–1932 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Parry was born at Hatch End in February 1911. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School,[1] before going up to St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1931 and 1932, making seventeen appearances.[3] He scored a total of 574 runs in his seventeen matches at an average of 22.07,[4] with a highest score of 87 not out, which was made against the Free Foresters in 1931.[5] Parry later served in the Second World War with the Scots Guards, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in December 1942.[6] He relinquished his commission after the war in October 1946.[7] Parry died in March 2002 at Stalham, Norfolk.