Robert James Parks (born 15 June 1959) is a former English cricketer who played for

Hampshire County Cricket Club Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Hampshire. Hampshire teams formed by earlier organisations, princi ...

. He is the grandson of

Jim Parks senior James Horace Parks (12 May 1903 – 21 November 1980) was a cricketer who played for Sussex County Cricket Club and England. Parks was a right-handed opening batsman and a medium-pace bowler of inswingers. He was a regular member of the Susse ...

and son of

Jim Parks junior James Michael Parks (21 October 1931 – 31 May 2022) was an English cricketer. He played in forty-six Tests for England, between 1954 and 1968. In those Tests, Parks scored 1,962 runs with a personal best of 108 not out, and took 103 catches ...

.Bobby Parks

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. Retrieved 2018-09-30. A wicketkeeper, Parks kept wicket for England during a Test against New Zealand at Lord's in 1986 as a substitute for Bruce French. He helped Hampshire to win the

1986 John Player Special League The 1986 John Player Special League was the eighteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Hampshire County Cricket Club. Hampshire won the Sunday League away against Surrey ...

and the

1988 Benson & Hedges Cup The 1988 Benson & Hedges Cup was the seventeenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Hampshire County Cricket Club. Fixtures and results Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Quarter-finals ...

, and was part of an "English Counties XI" tour of Zimbabwe in 1984-5, Parks played for Hampshire between 1980 and 1992.Bobby Parks
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-30. He made 700 wicket-keeping dismissals for the club, setting a club record. In 1993 he played briefly for

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, making one first-class and one List A match, both at

Maidstone Maidstone is the largest town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it wi ...

in early July.Fairall B (1993
Cricket: Champions ground down by Kent
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'', 1993-07-02. Retrieved 2018-09-30. Parks coached the

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in 1998.

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