Durant Clifford "Dante" Parkin (born 20 February 1873 in

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er who played in one

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in 1892. In 1890-91 Parkin took 4 for 69 and 6 for 25 when Eastern Province narrowly beat Griqualand West in the Champion Bat Tournament. In 1891-92 he took seven wickets (match figures of 74–36–59–7 – five-ball overs) and five catches when Eastern Province lost to

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's English touring team. Three weeks later he was one of eight South Africans who made their Test debuts in the only Test played on the tour. He opened the bowling and took the first three wickets to reduce England to 33 for 3 in reply to South Africa's first innings of 97, but the English lower order rallied and England went on to win by an innings. He toured England with South Africa's first touring team in

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, when no first-class matches were played, but was unsuccessful."The South African team in England"
''Cricket'', 23 August 1894, pp. 349–50. He played for Griqualand West in the 1902–03 season.

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* 1873 births 1936 deaths South Africa Test cricketers South African cricketers Cricketers from Port Elizabeth Eastern Province cricketers Griqualand West cricketers Gauteng cricketers {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1870s-stub