Kenneth Parkin

Kenneth Parkin
Personal information
Born(1921-02-20)20 February 1921
Wellington, New Zealand
Died2 July 1973(1973-07-02) (aged 52)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1945/46Wellington
Source: Cricinfo, 27 October 2020

Kenneth Parkin (20 February 1921 – 2 July 1973) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in two first-class matches, one during the 1942–43 season for a New Zealand Air Force side and once during the 1945–46 season for Wellington.[1]

Parkin as born at Wellington in 1921 and was educated at Rongotai College in the city.[2] He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II, playing cricket for the Air Force side. On his first-class debut against a New Zealand Army side at Lancaster Park in Christchurch in April 1943 he took three wickets and scored 11 runs in his first innings before recording a duck in his second. After the end of World War II he played a second first-class match during the 1945–46 season, taking a single wicket and again scoring 11 and 0 in his two innings for Wellington against Auckland at Eden Park.[3][4]

Professionally Parkin worked as a company director. He died at Wellington in 1973 aged 52. An obituary was published in that year's edition of the New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Kenneth Parkin, CricInfo. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 104. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  3. ^ Kenneth Parkin, CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 September 2024. (subscription required)
  4. ^ Cricket: four new Wellington players], Northern Advocate, 15 January 1946, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 September 2024.)
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