Frederick Parker (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Frederick Parker

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Frederick Anthony Vivian Parker

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|2|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Westminster, London, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|5|26|1913|2|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = Plymouth, Devon, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| family = William Parker (father)
Charles Farmer (father-in-law)

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1946

| club2 = Devon

| year2 = 1949

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 147

| bat avg1 = 16.33

| 100s/50s1 = 1/–

| top score1 = 116

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 11 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18419.html Cricinfo

}}

Frederick Anthony Vivian Parker {{postnominal|DL|JP}} (11 February 1913 — 26 May 1988) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of William Parker, he was born at Westminster in February 1913. He was educated at Winchester College,{{cite book|last=McCrery|first=Nigel|title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mphCgAAQBAJ|date=30 July 2015|page=118|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1473864191}} before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Parker was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade as a second lieutenant in February 1933, with promotion to lieutenant in February 1936.{{London Gazette|issue=34252|date=4 February 1936|page=734}} He served in the Second World War, during which he was promoted to captain in February 1941.{{London Gazette|issue=35063|date=31 January 1941|page=676|supp=y}} Following the war, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against the touring Indians at Southampton in 1946. In that same season, he made three first-class appearances for the Combined Services cricket team, prior to making a second appearance for Hampshire against Kent at Canterbury.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6788/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Frederick Parker|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} In five first-class matches, Parker scored 147 runs at an average of 16.33;{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6788/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Parker|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} he made one century, a score of 116 for the Combined Services against Northamptonshire at Kettering.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228610.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1988|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=20 April 2023}}

Parker was promoted to major in July 1946.{{London Gazette|issue=37635|date=28 June 1946|page=3375|supp=y}} In 1949, he played minor counties cricket for Devon, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6788/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Frederick Parker|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} Parker retired from active military service in May 1953 and ceased to belong to the Reserve of Officers in February 1963.{{London Gazette|issue=39852|date=12 May 1953|page=2696|supp=y}}{{London Gazette|issue=42916|date=8 February 1963|page=1308|supp=y}} He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for Devon in November 1964,{{London Gazette|issue=43487|date=13 November 1964|page=9584|supp=y}} and in the same year he was appointed a justice of the peace for Devon.{{cite book|title=Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbkwAQAAIAAJ|date=1965|page=157|publisher=Justice of the Peace, Limited|volume=129}} Parker died at Plymouth in May 1988. He had been married to Pamela Mary Farmer since 1937;{{cite book|title=The Quest for Nonsuch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zH1nAAAAMAAJ|first=John|last=Dent|date=1981|page=225|publisher=London Borough of Sutton Libraries & Arts Services|isbn=9780907335047}} her father was the first-class cricketer Charles Farmer.