Walter Parsons

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Walter Parsons

| country = England

| fullname = Walter Dyett Parsons

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|6|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|12|24|1861|6|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = East Wellow, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1882

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 31

| bat avg1 = 15.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 12*

| deliveries1 = 124

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 72.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/23

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 4 December

| year = 2007

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/walter-parsons-18445 Cricinfo

}}

Walter Dyett Parsons (26 June 1861 – 24 December 1939) was an English first-class cricketer.

Parsons was born in Southampton in June 1861. He made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1882, against Sussex at Hove and Somerset at Taunton.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/6/6791/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Walter Parsons|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=7 July 2024|url-access=subscription}} In these, he scored 31 runs and took and a single wicket.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/6/6791/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Walter Parsons|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=7 July 2024|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/6/6791/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Walter Parsons|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=7 July 2024|url-access=subscription}} He later played minor cricket matches in the Far East for the Straits Settlements against Hong Kong in November 1904.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/6/6791/Other_matches.html|title=Other matches played by Walter Parsons|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=7 July 2024|url-access=subscription}} Parsons died on Christmas Eve in 1939 at East Wellow, Hampshire.