Cecil Parry

Cecil Wynne Parry (6 August 1866 – 4 January 1901) was an English cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1889.[1] He was born in Clifton, Bristol and died at York.

Parry was educated at Charterhouse School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He played in trial matches for the Cambridge University cricket team in 1888 but was not picked for any first eleven matches that year.[1] In 1889, he played in one first-team match as a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler; he scored 7 and 9 and failed to take a wicket in ten overs.[3]

Parry graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1889.[2] From 1890 to 1897 he was an assistant master at Wellington College, Berkshire.[2] He died from peritonitis after contracting influenza.[4]

References
  1. "Cecil Parry". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Cecil Parry". www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 35. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. "Scorecard: Cambridge University v A. J. Webbe's XI". www.cricketarchive.com. 23 May 1889. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. "Deaths". The Times (36346). London. 8 January 1901. p. 1.
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