deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting image caption fullname birth_place column role source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
694 23 june 1891 1 126 / - 1845-1870 1953-1854 1853-1854 1854-1858 1863 2014 22 may 1826 0 england radcliffe-on-trent , nottinghamshire nottinghamshire surrey sussex kent marylebone cricket club 1 right-hand bat england in north america 1859.jpg the at liverpool : '' standing at left '' robert carpenter first , william caffyn , tom lockyer ; '' middle row english '' john wisden , hh stephenson , george parr , touring james grundy , julius caesar , thomas hayward , john team jackson ; '' front row '' alfred diver , john pictured lillywhite on board ship george parr radcliffe-on-trent , nottinghamshire first-class batsman http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/2/2297/2297.html cricket archive yes 1826 05 22 6626 29 1/31 207 george parr -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

george parr -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

george parr -lrb- 22 may 1826 , radcliffe on trent , nottinghamshire -- 23 june 1891 -rrb- was an english cricketer , whose first-class career lasted from 1844 to 1870 .
known popularly as the `` lion of the north '' , parr was a right-handed batsman and bowled occasional right-handed underarm deliveries .
throughout his career he played mainly for nottinghamshire , and was club captain from 1856 to 1870 .
he also made occasional appearances for other counties and for marylebone cricket club .
he was a stalwart of the all-england eleven and was captain of the first england touring team , which went to north america in 1859 .
he also captained england 's second tour to australia and new zealand in 1864 , returning home unbeaten .
parr played in 207 first-class matches and had 358 innings , in 30 of which he was not out .
he scored 6,626 runs -lrb- average 20.20 -rrb- at a time when conditions greatly favoured bowlers .
his highest score was 130 for nottinghamshire , against surrey at the oval on 14 july 1859 ; his only century .
he made 31 fifties and took 126 catches .
he took 29 wickets in his career with a best analysis of 6/42 .
the parr stand which was recently replaced at trent bridge was named in his honour .
