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2 unusual facts about Cec Parkin


Cec Parkin

He took 14 wickets in the 1919 Roses Match at Old Trafford at just 10 apiece and, in the first innings of the Gentlemen v Players match of 1920 dismissed 9 Gentlemen at the Oval, six clean bowled, for 85.

Cecil Harry "Cec" Parkin (18 February 1886, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham – 15 June 1943, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire) was an English cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1920 to 1924 and 157 games for Lancashire County Cricket Club.


History of Australian cricket from 1918–19 to 1930

The England touring party included Johnny Douglas (captain), Jack Russell, Jack Hobbs, "Young" Jack Hearne, Patsy Hendren, Frank Woolley, Wilfred Rhodes, Bill Hitch, Abe Waddington, Cec Parkin and Bert Strudwick.


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