Richard John Parkhouse (2 March 1910 – 1 January 1984) was a

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Biography

Born in Clydach in 1910, Richard Parkhouse started his cricket career playing for his local club and Llanelli in the 1930s before becoming a teacher in Egypt. Whilst in Egypt, he played for the Egyptian national side against HM Martineau's XI in Cairo in April 1939, scoring a

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in the first

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. In July of that year, he played his only two first-class matches for

against Hampshire and

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. After World War II, he played two matches for Nigeria against the Gold Coast in LagosOther matches played by Richard Parkhouse
at CricketArchive and eventually became a coach in Scotland.

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1910 births 1984 deaths English cricketers Egyptian cricketers Nigerian cricketers Glamorgan cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1910s-stub