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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Jack Parsons<br />
| image = Jack Parsons 1924.jpg<br />
| caption = Parsons in 1924<br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = John Henry Parsons<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|5|30|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Headington]], [[Oxfordshire]], England<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1981|2|2|1890|5|30}}<br />
| death_place = [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]], England<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm medium<br />
| club1 = [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]]<br />
| year1 = 1910 to 1934<br />
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year2 = 1919–20 to 1921–22<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 355<br />
| runs1 = 17,969<br />
| bat avg1 = 35.72<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 38/86<br />
| top score1 = 225<br />
| deliveries1 = <br />
| wickets1 = 83<br />
| bowl avg1 = 28.97<br />
| fivefor1 = 3<br />
| tenfor1 = 1<br />
| best bowling1 = 7/41<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 260/0<br />
| date = 4 February<br />
| year = 2016<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18520.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
The Rev. Canon '''John Henry Parsons''' [[Military Cross|MC]] (30 May 1890{{snd}}2 February 1981) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er for [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club]]. A right-handed [[Batting (cricket)|batsman]], he made 17969 runs at 35.72 in his 355-game career which extended over 26 years. He became a [[Church of England]] clergyman.<br />
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He was born in [[Oxford]], and qualified by residence for Warwickshire County Cricket Club after moving to [[Coventry]]. He played for the county from 1910 to 1914 as a [[Professional sports#Cricket|professional]]. He was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[British Army]] during the [[World War I|Great War]], in which he won a Military Cross for gallantry.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30450 |page=43 |supp=y |date=1 January 1918 }}</ref> He continued in the Army afterwards, appearing for his county as an [[Amateur status in first-class cricket|amateur]] in 1919 and 1923 as Capt. J. H. Parsons. In 1924, he resumed his professional career. In 1929, he was ordained, and from then until his retirement from the game in 1934 played again as an amateur. According to his obituary in ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'', he might well have played for England but for the break in his career between 1914 and 1923. "A tall man, who made full use of his height, he was a superb driver of fast bowling, and one of the safest slips of his day."<br />
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In his final game for Warwickshire, against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] at [[North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough|Scarborough]] in 1934, under his captaincy, 216 runs were required to win in the fourth innings. Parsons scored 94 out of 121 in under two hours, including three 6s and twelve 4s; Warwickshire won by one wicket.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yorkshire v Warwickshire 1934|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15126.html|website=CricketArchive|access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref><br />
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In the 1950s he was vicar of [[Liskeard]] in [[Cornwall]].<ref>A. W. T. Langford, "Club Background", ''[[The Cricketer]]'', 23 August 1952, p. 402.</ref> He died in a [[Plymouth]] nursing home at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite book |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |year=1982 |pages=1207–8 |publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]] |editor-last=Woodcock |editor-first=John |isbn=0356-08591-0 }}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Commons category-inline|Jack Parsons (cricketer)}}<br />
* {{cricinfo|ref=england/content/player/18520.html}}<br />
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14267/14267.html Jack Parsons] at CricketArchive<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* [[Gerald Howat]], ''Cricketer Militant: The Life of Jack Parsons'', North Moreton Press, North Moreton, 1980<br />
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