William Parker (1 September 1886 – 30 July 1915) was an English
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. He played two
first-class matches for
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ...
between 1913 and 1914.
He was killed in action during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
See also
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List of cricketers who were killed during military service
This is a list of cricketers who were killed during military service. The cricketers are listed by war and divided into those who appeared in Test cricket and those only played first-class cricket.
The conflicts featured on this list are, in chro ...
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1886 births
1915 deaths
English cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
People from Belgaum
British military personnel killed in World War I
British Army cricketers
Military personnel of British India
British Army personnel of World War I
Rifle Brigade officers
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