| Roland Parker | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Roland John Parker |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Pudsey, Yorkshire, England |
| Death Date: | October 2020 (aged 95) |
| Death Place: | Pudsey, Yorkshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 36 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 18 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 19 February |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18752.html Cricinfo |
Roland John Parker (19 July 1925 - October 2020) was an English former first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.[1]
Parker was born at Pudsey, where he was coached by Herbert Sutcliffe and Len Hutton during his youth.[2] He joined the Royal Air Force in the latter stages of the Second World War, serving as a pilot officer as an emergency commission on probation in July 1945. After a successful probation he was promoted to flying officer in October 1945.
He played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team in 1947, making two appearances against Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire,[3] scoring 36 runs.[4] Fifty years later he was a made an MBE in the 1997 Birthday Honours for services to community sport in Pudsey.