Gerald Parsons | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | Gerald Rex Parsons |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1934 |
Birth Place: | Okehampton, Devon, England |
Death Place: | Beaworthy, Devon, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
Club1: | Cornwall |
Type1: | LA |
Onetype1: | true |
Debutdate1: | 25 April |
Debutyear1: | 1970 |
Debutfor1: | Cornwall |
Debutagainst1: | Glamorgan |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | List A |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 6 |
Bat Avg1: | 6.00 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 6 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 3 January |
Year: | 2010 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34775/34775.html CricketArchive |
Gerald Rex Parsons (26 January 1934 – 5 February 2023) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Cornwall.
Parsons, who played Minor Counties cricket for Cornwall from 1966 - 1973, made his only List A appearance during the 1970 Gillette Cup, against Glamorgan. Opening the batting and captaining the side, he made six runs before being bowled by Malcolm Nash.[1] He had succeeded Robin Harvey as Cornwall captain in 1970.[2]
Parsons died at the West Heanton Residential Home in Beaworthy, Devon on 5 February 2023, at the age of 89.[2]