Dick Richards (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dick Richards (cricketer)

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1908

Place of Birth: Bognor Regis, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Nov-1995

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Dick Stanley Richards (10 September 1908 – 13 November 1995) was an English cricketer.
Mathews 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.
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.
He scored 1, 3, 0, 5, 2, 23, 12, 0 and 2 in his next innings.
He then scored 2.
etc Outside of playing, Richards also 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., played Test cricket for England.