Dick Richards (cricketer)

Dick Richards
Personal information
Full name
Dick Stanley Richards
Born(1908-09-10)10 September 1908
Bognor, Sussex, England
Died13 November 1995(1995-11-13) (aged 87)
Worthing, Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RelationsJim Parks, Sr. (brother-in-law)
Henry Parks (brother-in-law)
Jim Parks, Jr. (nephew)
Bobby Parks (great-nephew)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1927–1935Sussex
Umpiring information
FC umpired4 (1932–1934)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 18
Runs scored 220
Batting average 10.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 23
Balls bowled 378
Wickets 1
Bowling average 205.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/8
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2012

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

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]

Richards 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.[7] 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., also played Test cricket for England.

  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.
  7. ^ "Obituaries in 1996". Wisden. 6 December 2005.