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England
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Jim Parks
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Right-hand bat
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Legbreak
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46
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1962
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3216
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2/9
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108
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54
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1
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5100
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1/43
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103/11
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739
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36673
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3476
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51/213
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205
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3837
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51
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4382
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3/23
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1087/94
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22 July
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1954
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1 February
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1968
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(born
1931 ) was a successful
English Cricketer .
Jim Parks was born in
Haywards Heath ,
Sussex in
October 1931 . He came from a cricketing family. His father
Jim Parks Senior was a prolific all-rounder for
Sussex and played once for England in
1937 . Jim lost his mother when he was six and his father replied by performing the 'double' by scoring over 3,000 runs and taking over 100 wickets.
Jim was an attacking batsman, athletic fieldsman and a spin bowler who made his first-class debut for
Sussex in
1949 . He later made a successful switch to wicketkeeping.
He played 46 Test matches for England between
1954 and
1967 /
1968 . He scored 1962 runs with a personal best of 108. He took 103 catches and made 11 stumpings.
He captained
Sussex from
1967 to
1968 , when he was succeeded by Mike Griffith.
He left
Sussex following the 1972 season and joined
Somerset on a three year contract. He retired from first-class cricket in
1976 . In 739 first-class matches, he scored 36673 runs at an average of 34.76, with 51 hundreds and 213 fifties. He took 1087 catches and made 92 stumpings. He took 51 wickets, with a personal best of 3/23.
He later worked for
Whitbread and as a marketing manager for
Sussex CCC . He has managed an Old England cricket team for several years.
His son Bobby played county cricket for
Hampshire CCC and
Kent CCC .
