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Roland John Parker MBE (19 July 1925 - October 2020) was an English former first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.

Parker was born at Pudsey, where he was coached by Herbert Sutcliffe and Len Hutton during his youth. 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, scoring 36 runs. Fifty years later he was a made an MBE in the 1997 Birthday Honours for services to community sport in Pudsey.

References

1. "Roland Parker". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
2. Chalke, Stephen (July 2005). "First man of Pudsey". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
3. "No. 37179". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 July 1945.
4. "No. 37333". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 October 1944.
5. "First-Class Matches played by Roland Parker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
6. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roland Parker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
7. "No. 54794". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1997.

External links

• Roland Parker at ESPNcricinfo

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