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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Cecil Paris<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| fullname = Cecil Gerard Alexander Paris<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|9|20|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kirkee]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|4|4|1911|9|20|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Winchester]], [[Hampshire]], [[England]]<br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[off spin]]<br />
| club1 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]<br />
| year1 = 1933 &ndash; 1948<br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
| club2 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]<br />
| year2 = 1939<br />
| clubnumber2 = <br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 100<br />
| runs1 = 3730<br />
| bat avg1 = 22.88<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 2/19<br />
| top score1 = 134[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries1 = 438<br />
| wickets1 = 4<br />
| bowl avg1 = 54.00<br />
| fivefor1 = &ndash;<br />
| tenfor1 = &ndash;<br />
| best bowling1 = 1/10<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 75/&ndash;<br />
| date = 25 August<br />
| year = 2009<br />
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18413.html Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Cecil Gerard Alexander Paris''' (20 August 1911 in [[Kirkee]], [[British Raj|British India]] – 4 April 1998 in [[Winchester]], [[Hampshire]]) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er. He was a right-handed [[Batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who bowled occasional right-arm [[off spin]]. In addition Paris was also a prominent cricket administrator.<br />
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Paris played for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] from 1933-1948. He captained the county in the [[1938 County Championship]], his only season as captain. Paris also played for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in 1939. No first-class cricket was played due to the [[Second World War]], so it was six years until Paris could resume his first-class career with Hampshire in [[1946 County Championship|1946]]. Paris retired from first-class cricket at the end of the [[1948 County Championship]].<br />
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Outside of playing for Hampshire Paris also held every office of note at the club: cricket chairman; club chairman; and president from 1984 to 1989. Paris was the first chairman of the [[Test and County Cricket Board]], formed in 1968, then being nominated by [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] to succeed him in 1975 as president of [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) and chairman of the [[International Cricket Conference]].<br />
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==Outside cricket==<br />
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Paris served in the [[Second World War]] with the [[21st Army Group]] where he served as a [[Liaison officer]] for [[General]] [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Montgomery]]. During his role as a Liaison officer between Montgomery and the [[1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade]] Paris was awarded the [[Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945|Czechoslovak War Cross]], the Czech version of the British [[Military Cross]]. Paris was made a partner in his family's law firm Paris Smith and Randall, based in [[Southampton]].<br />
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Paris died in [[Winchester]], [[Hampshire]] aged 86 on 4 April 1998.<br />
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==Foreign and international awards==<br />
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|[[File:Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945 Ribbon.png|80px]] [[Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945|Czechoslovak War Cross]]<br />
|}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18413.html Cecil Paris] at [[Cricinfo]]<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6786/6786.html Cecil Paris] at CricketArchive<br />
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|before=[[Dick Moore (cricketer)|Dick Moore]]<br />
|title=[[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] cricket captain<br />
|years=1938<br />
|after=[[George Taylor (cricketer)|George Taylor]]<br />
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