Dick Richards (cricketer)

Dick Stanley Richards (10 September 1908 – 13 November 1995) was an English cricketer. Mathews was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Bognor, Sussex.

Dick Richards

Personal information
Full name	Dick Stanley Richards
Born	10 September 1908 Bognor, Sussex, England
Died	13 November 1995 (aged 87) Worthing, Sussex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Relations	Jim Parks, Sr. (brother-in-law) Henry Parks (brother-in-law) Jim Parks, Jr. (nephew) Bobby Parks (great-nephew)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1927–1935	Sussex
Umpiring information
FC umpired	4 (1932–1934)
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 18 Runs scored 220 Batting average 10.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 23 Balls bowled 378 Wickets 1 Bowling average 205.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/8 Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2012

Richards made his first-class debut for Sussex against Worcestershire in the 1927 County Championship at the County Ground, Hove. He made seventeen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1935 County Championship at The Saffrons, Eastbourne.[1] In his eighteen first-class appearances for the county, he scored 220 runs at an average of 10.00, with a high score of 23.[2] With the ball, he bowled a total of 63 overs, but took just a single wicket,[3] that of Surrey's Stan Squires, in what was Richards' final first-class appearance.[4] He scored 1, 3, 0, 5, 2, 23, 12, 0 and 2 in his next innings. He then scored 2. etc

Outside of playing, Richards also stood as an umpire in four first-class matches from 1932 to 1934.[5] He also stood in 55 Minor Counties Championship matches from 1953 to 1964.[6] He died at Worthing, Sussex, on 13 November 1995. His brother-in-law, Jim Parks, played Test cricket for England, while Henry Parks, also his brother-in-law, played first-class cricket, as did his great-nephew, Bobby Parks. His nephew, Jim Parks, Jr., played Test cricket for England.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Dick Richards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
2. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Dick Richards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
3. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Dick Richards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
4. "Sussex v Surrey, 1935 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
5. "Dick Richards as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
6. "Dick Richards as Umpire in Minor Counties Championship Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

External links

• Dick Richards at ESPNcricinfo
• Dick Richards at CricketArchive