Paul Parker (cricketer)

Paul William Giles Parker (born 15 January 1956)[1] is an English schoolmaster and former cricketer, who played in one Test match in 1981.

He was educated at Collyer's School, Horsham, and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Master's degree and earned three blues.

He was a stylish middle-order batsman,[1] who was considered unlucky to be limited to a solitary Test at the Oval against Australia.

An outstanding cover fielder, he ranked alongside Derek Randall and David Gower as the finest of his day.

[1] The son of a sports journalist, John Parker, he taught Classics and Modern Languages at Tonbridge School in Kent, and was the housemaster of Hill Side.