Inglewood Urban Parkin (5 October 1875 – 7 November 1948) was an English first-class cricketer and businessman.
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| Full name | Inglewood Urban Parkin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1875 Ashford, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 November 1948 (aged 73) Ainstable, Cumberland, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 May 2020 | |||||||||||||||
The son of The Reverend D. D. Parkin, he was born in October 1875 at Ashford, Kent. He was educated at Marlborough College, before going up to Oriel College, Oxford.[1] A keen amateur cricketer, Parkin toured North America with Bernard Bosanquet's XI in September–October 1901, making two first-class appearances against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia,[2] with Parkin scoring 8 runs in the first-class matches on the tour.[3] He later served in the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Labour Corps in August 1917.[4] Following the war, he was made a temporary lieutenant in March 1919.[5] Parkin was involved in the coal mining industry in Kent, where he ran the Parkins Colliery Company.[6] He died in November 1948 at Ainstable, Cumberland.
References
edit- ^ Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 (5th ed.). Marlborough College. 1905. pp. 478. ISBN 1528103440.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Inglewood Parkin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Inglewood Parkin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "No. 30327". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 October 1917. p. 10393.
- ^ "No. 31347". The London Gazette. 16 March 1919. p. 6235.
- ^ Skinner, Walter Robert; Skinner, Walter E. (1919). Mining Manual Containing Full Particulars of Mining Companies. Financial Times. p. 679.