 The South African team in 1894. Dante Parkin is sitting on the ground in the centre. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Durant Clifford Parkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 February 1873 Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 March 1936 (aged 63) Sangster's Farm, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Dante | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 21) | 19 March 1892 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890–91 to 1896–97 | Eastern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902–03 | Griqualand West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 February 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Durant Clifford "Dante" Parkin (20 February 1873 – 20 March 1936) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in 1892.[1]
In 1890–91 Parkin took 4 for 69 and 6 for 25 when Eastern Province narrowly beat Griqualand West in the Champion Bat Tournament.[2] In 1891–92 he took seven wickets (match figures of 74–36–59–7, five-ball overs) and five catches when the Eastern Province XVIII lost to Walter Read's English touring team.[3] Three weeks later he was one of eight South Africans who made their Test debuts in the only Test played on the tour. He opened the bowling and took the first three wickets to reduce England to 33 for 3 in reply to South Africa's first innings of 97, but the English lower order rallied and England went on to win by an innings.[4]
Parkin toured England with South Africa's first touring team in 1894, when no first-class matches were played, but was unsuccessful.[5] He played for Griqualand West in the 1902–03 season.
- ^ "Dante Parkin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Eastern Province v Griqualand West 1890–91". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Eastern Province v WW Read's XI 1891–92". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Only Test, England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 19–22 1892". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ "The South African team in England", Cricket, 23 August 1894, pp. 349–50.