Dick Richards (cricketer)
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.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dick Stanley Richards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1908 Bognor, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 November 1995 (aged 87) Worthing, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Jim Parks, Sr. (brother-in-law) Henry Parks (brother-in-law) Jim Parks, Jr. (nephew) Bobby Parks (great-nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927–1935 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpiring information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC umpired | 4 (1932–1934) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. 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. With the ball, he bowled a total of 63 overs, but took just a single wicket, that of Surrey's Stan Squires, in what was Richards' final first-class appearance.
Richards stood as an umpire in four first-class matches from 1932 to 1934. He also stood in 55 Minor Counties Championship matches from 1953 to 1964.
He died at Worthing, Sussex, on 13 November 1995. 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.