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Donald Morris Parry (8 February 1911 — 30 March 2002) was an English first-class cricketer.

Parry was born at Hatch End in February 1911. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, before going up to St Catharine's College, Cambridge. While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1931 and 1932, making seventeen appearances. He scored a total of 574 runs in his seventeen matches at an average of 22.07, with a highest score of 87 not out, which was made against the Free Foresters in 1931. Parry later served in the Second World War with the Scots Guards, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in December 1942. He relinquished his commission after the war in October 1946. Parry died in March 2002 at Stalham, Norfolk.

References

1. "Player profile: Donald Parry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
2. The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1998. Cambridge University Press. 1998. p. 602. ISBN 9780521777544.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Donald Parry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
4. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Donald Parry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
5. "Cambridge University v Free Foresters, 1931". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
6. "No. 35880". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 January 1943. p. 532.
7. "No. 37773". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 October 1946. p. 5354.

External links

• Donald Parry at ESPNcricinfo

• 1911 births
• 2002 deaths
• Cricketers from the London Borough of Harrow
• People from Harrow, London
• People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
• Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
• English cricketers
• Cambridge University cricketers
• British Army personnel of World War II
• Scots Guards officers