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Howard Roderick Parkes (31 May 1877 – 28 May 1920) was an English cricketer and athlete. A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for London County and Warwickshire.

Career

Howard Parkes' first recorded senior match was for the Gentlemen of Surrey against the Gentlemen of Netherlands. It was an unsuccessful debut, as he was bowled for a duck in each innings. Two years later, he played for the Surrey Second XI against the Lancashire Second XI, and in 1898 made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Leicestershire.

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. He won the National Championship over 120 yards hurdles at the 1898 AAA Championships.

In 1900, he played a second match for the Surrey Second XI, against Glamorgan, in addition to six first-class matches for London County, also representing them against the West Indies.

In November 1904, he played for Shanghai against the Straits Settlements in Hong Kong, opening the batting.

He died in Dorset in 1920 from the effects of gas poisoning suffered whilst on active service in France with the Royal Garrison Artillery in World War I, and was buried at Molesey Cemetery, West Molesey, Surrey. His brother-in-law Tom Taylor played for Yorkshire between 1899 and 1906, playing 130 first-class matches in total.

References

1. Cricinfo profile
2. CricketArchive profile
3. Teams played for by Howard Parkes at CricketArchive
4. ^ Other Matches played by Howard Parkes Archived 18 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
5. Scorecard of Gentlemen of Surrey v Gentlemen of Netherlands, 17 August 1894 at CricketArchive
6. ^ First-class matches played by Howard Parkes at CricketArchive
7. ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1921, Obituaries in 1920
8. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
9. "The Amateur Athletic Championships". Sporting Life. 4 July 1898. Retrieved 30 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. Minor Counties Championship matches played by Howard Parkes at CricketArchive
11. Scorecard of Shanghai v Straits Settlements, 15 November 1904 at CricketArchive
12. CWGC Casualty Record.
13. Tom Taylor at CricketArchive

• 1877 births
• 1920 deaths
• English cricketers
• London County cricketers
• Warwickshire cricketers
• British Army personnel of World War I
• Royal Garrison Artillery officers
• British military personnel killed in World War I
• Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands