Bobby Parks

Bobby Parks played for Hampshire and Kent. His 700 dismissals from 1980-92 were a county record when he retired. He stayed on the staff as wicketkeeping coach, spent a decade as an accountant before returning to the county to spend eight years at the Hampshire Academy.

He is the grandson of Jim Parks senior and son of Jim Parks junior. Although he could not emulate his two grand relations, he kept wicket for England during a Test against New Zealand at Lord's in 1986 as a substitute for Bruce French who had been struck by a bvouncer from Richartd Hadlee. In 1998 he was named the coach of the France national cricket team.

Bobby Parks Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	Ct	St
FC	256	285	83	3957	89	19.58	0	14	642	72
List A	251	112	52	972	38*	16.20	0	0	266	47

Bowling

Format	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
FC	256	189	166	0	-	-	-	5.26	-	0	0	0
List A	251	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

Recent Matches of Bobby Parks

Match	Bat	Wkt	Date	Ground	Format
Hampshire vs Kent	--	2c/0s	11-Jul-1992	Lord's	List A
Hampshire vs Kent	10*	2c/0s	09-Jul-1992	Southampton	List A
Hampshire vs Pakistanis	0 & 13	1c/0s	27-Jun-1992	Southampton	FC
Hampshire vs Dorset	--	1c/0s	24-Jun-1992	Southampton	List A
Hampshire vs Oxford Uni	31*	1c/1s & 4c/0s	15-May-1992	Oxford	FC

Debut/Last Matches of Bobby Parks

FC Matches

Span

1980 - 1993

List A Matches

Span

1980 - 1993

News and Features about Bobby Parks

Failing to follow in the footsteps

Andrew Miller and Martin Williamson pick some sons and siblings who couldn't quite live up to their relative's reputations

14-Feb-2006•Andrew Miller and Martin Williamson

Photos of Bobby Parks