About John Parnham
Lived 1856 – 1908 (aged 51). John Parnham was a cricketer.
John Thomas Parnham (6 September 1856 – 18 February 1908) was an English first-class cricketer and umpire.
Parnham was born at Bottesford, Leicestershire. He made his debut in first-class cricket for a United Eleven against the touring Australians in 1882 at Tunbridge Wells. The following season he made three first-class appearances, playing twice for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University and Cambridge University, and once for The Rest against a combined Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire cricket team at Bradford. With his slow left-arm orthodox bowling, he took 16 wickets at a bowling average of 18.37. Besides playing, Parnham stood as an umpire in three first-class matches during the 1880s, before later standing in four matches in the 1903 Minor Counties Championship. He died in February 1908 at Church, Lancashire.
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Who was John Parnham?
English cricketer and cricket umpire (1856-1908)
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John Parnham was born on 6 September 1856 in Bottesford.
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John Parnham died on 18 February 1908 in Church.
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John Parnham was a cricketer.
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