Dick Richards (cricketer)
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| Full name | Dick Stanley Richards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
10 September 1908 Bognor, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
13 November 1995 (aged 87) Worthing, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations |
Jim Parks, Sr. (brother-in-law) Henry Parks (brother-in-law) Jim Parks, Jr. (nephew) Bobby Parks (great-nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927–1935 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FC umpired | 4 (1932–1934) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dick Stanley Richards (10 September 1908 – 13 November 1995) was an English cricketer. Mathews was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Bognor, Sussex.
Richards made his first-class debut for Sussex against Worcestershire in the 1927 County Championship at the County Ground, Hove. He made seventeen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1935 County Championship at The Saffrons, Eastbourne.[1] In his eighteen first-class appearances for the county, he scored 220 runs at an average of 10.00, with a high score of 23.[2] With the ball, he bowled a total of 63 overs, but took just a single wicket,[3] that of Surrey's Stan Squires, in what was Richards' final first-class appearance.[4] He scored 1, 3, 0, 5, 2, 23, 12, 0 and 2 in his next innings. He then scored 2. etc
Outside of playing, Richards also stood as an umpire in four first-class matches from 1932 to 1934.[5] He also stood in 55 Minor Counties Championship matches from 1953 to 1964.[6] He died at Worthing, Sussex, on 13 November 1995. His brother-in-law, Jim Parks, played Test cricket for England, while Henry Parks, also his brother-in-law, played first-class cricket, as did his great-nephew, Bobby Parks. His nephew, Jim Parks, Jr., played Test cricket for England.
References
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Dick Richards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Dick Richards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Dick Richards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Sussex v Surrey, 1935 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Dick Richards as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Dick Richards as Umpire in Minor Counties Championship Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.