Owen Parkin
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Owen Parkin is a retired English
cricket
er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Born in Coventry
, his first-class career began with Glamorgan
in 1994, playing twice during the 1994 County Championship
, and taking 5/28 on his Sunday League debut, after a season in which he had spent much of the time incapacitated with a back injury. For a few years, he was a regular member of the Glamorgan team in both 4-day and 1-day cricket, but towards the end of his career, he was regarded more as a specialist one-day bowler, and played an important role in Glamorgan's National League successes in the early 2000s. He retired from first-class cricket in 2003.
Before joining Glamorgan, he played in the 1991 Second XI championship with Hampshire
and also for Dorset Minor Counties.
From 2008 to 2011, he worked as a housemaster at Milton Abbey School in Dorset.
Since the beginning of 2011 Autumn school term, he has worked as a Salisbury house tutor and Maths teacher at Canford School, which is also in Dorset.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Born in Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
, his first-class career began with Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
in 1994, playing twice during the 1994 County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
, and taking 5/28 on his Sunday League debut, after a season in which he had spent much of the time incapacitated with a back injury. For a few years, he was a regular member of the Glamorgan team in both 4-day and 1-day cricket, but towards the end of his career, he was regarded more as a specialist one-day bowler, and played an important role in Glamorgan's National League successes in the early 2000s. He retired from first-class cricket in 2003.
Before joining Glamorgan, he played in the 1991 Second XI championship with Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
and also for Dorset Minor Counties.
From 2008 to 2011, he worked as a housemaster at Milton Abbey School in Dorset.
Since the beginning of 2011 Autumn school term, he has worked as a Salisbury house tutor and Maths teacher at Canford School, which is also in Dorset.
External links
- Owen Parkin at Cricket Archive