Dante Parkin

{{Short description|South African cricketer (1873–1936)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Dante Parkin

| image = South Africans in England 1894.png

| caption = The South African team in 1894. Dante Parkin is sitting on the ground in the centre.

| fullname = Durant Clifford Parkin

| nickname = Dante

| birth_date = {{birth date|1873|2|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony

| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|3|20|1873|2|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Sangster's Farm, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| club1 = Eastern Province

| year1 = 1890–91 to 1896–97

| club2 = Griqualand West

| year2 = 1902–03

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 6

| bat avg1 = 3.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 6

| deliveries1 = 130

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 27.33

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/82

| catches/stumpings1= 1/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 12

| runs2 = 334

| bat avg2 = 15.18

| 100s/50s2 = 0/1

| top score2 = 63*

| deliveries2 = 2089

| wickets2 = 48

| bowl avg2 = 20.29

| fivefor2 = 3

| tenfor2 = 1

| best bowling2 = 6/25

| catches/stumpings2= 8/–

| international = true

| country = South Africa

| testdebutfor =

| testdebutagainst = England

| testdebutdate = 19 March

| testdebutyear = 1892

| testcap = 21

| onetest = true

| lasttestdate = 19 March

| lasttestfor =

| lasttestagainst =

| lasttestyear = 1892

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46729.html Cricinfo

| date = 5 February 2021

}}

Durant Clifford "Dante" Parkin (20 February 1873 – 20 March 1936) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in 1892.{{cite web |title=Dante Parkin |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/158/158.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=5 February 2021}}

In 1890–91 Parkin took 4 for 69 and 6 for 25 when Eastern Province narrowly beat Griqualand West in the Champion Bat Tournament.{{cite web |title=Eastern Province v Griqualand West 1890–91 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3653.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=7 February 2021}} In 1891–92 he took seven wickets (match figures of 74–36–59–7, five-ball overs) and five catches when the Eastern Province XVIII lost to Walter Read's English touring team.{{cite web |title=Eastern Province v WW Read's XI 1891–92 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/134/134936.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=7 February 2021}} Three weeks later he was one of eight South Africans who made their Test debuts in the only Test played on the tour. He opened the bowling and took the first three wickets to reduce England to 33 for 3 in reply to South Africa's first innings of 97, but the English lower order rallied and England went on to win by an innings.{{cite web |title=Only Test, England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 19–22 1892 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17686/scorecard/62433/south-africa-vs-england-only-test-england-tour-of-south-africa-1891-92 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=18 November 2018}}

Parkin toured England with South Africa's first touring team in 1894, when no first-class matches were played, but was unsuccessful.[https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1894/374/index.html "The South African team in England"], Cricket, 23 August 1894, pp. 349–50. He played for Griqualand West in the 1902–03 season.