William Ferguson Parrington (1 November 1889 – 7 May 1980) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1926.
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| Full name | William Ferguson Parrington | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 November 1889 Southwick, Sunderland, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 May 1980 (aged 90) Northallerton, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1926 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 22 May 1926 Derbyshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 3 July 1926 Derbyshire v Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, February 2012 | |||||||||||||||
Life edit
Parrington was born in Southwick, Sunderland, County Durham, the son of Matthew William Parrington, a mining engineer, and his wife Marion Ferguson.[1] In 1914, he played one match in the Minor Counties Championship for Durham. Twelve years later in the 1926 season, he made his debut in for Derbyshire in May in a match against Warwickshire. In the second innings of this match, Parrington hit his career-best score of 47. He made occasional good stands among some fairly indifferent scores in the remaining five matches in which he played. Parrington was a right-handed batsman and played 11 innings in 6 first-class matches with an average of 14.80 and a top score of 47. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler but did not bowl a ball in first-class cricket.[2]
Parrington died in Northallerton at the age of 90. Parrington's brothers, Tom and Henry, both played Minor Counties cricket for Durham between 1901 and 1905.
References edit
- ^ British Census 1891 RG12-4147
- ^ William Parrington at Cricket Archive