Frederick Parris

Frederick Parris (20 September 1867 – 17 January 1941) was a first-class cricketer and Test match umpire.

Fred Parris

Personal information
Full name	Frederick Parris
Born	(1867-09-20)20 September 1867 Ringmer, Sussex, England
Died	17 January 1941(1941-01-17) (aged 73) Cuckfield, Sussex, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1890–1901	Sussex
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	1 (1909–1909)
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 105 Runs scored 2,222 Batting average 14.52 100s/50s 0/7 Top score 77 Balls bowled 17,548 Wickets 291 Bowling average 25.90 5 wickets in innings 20 10 wickets in match 5 Best bowling 8/28 Catches/stumpings 59/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 November 2012

Parris was born in Ringmer, Sussex and played 105 games for Sussex between 1890 and 1901 as a right-arm slow-medium bowler and left-handed batsman. He took 291 wickets at a bowling average of 25.90, with best bowling of 8–28 against Gloucestershire in 1894. He also took 7–70 in Gloucestershire's first innings.^[1] He took 5 wickets in an innings 20 times and 10 wickets in a match on 5 occasions. He scored 2,222 runs in 177 innings, at a batting average of 14.52, with a highest score of 77 against Oxford University in 1898.^[2]

Parris umpired in one first-class match in 1900, between Sussex and Cambridge University, he took up more regular umpiring in 1908, standing frequently in first-class matches either side of the First World War, until August 1929. He umpired one Test match, the 1st Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston in May 1909. The bowling of George Hirst (4-28 and 5-58) and Colin Blythe (6-44 and 5-58) – who between them bowled all but 5 of England's 98.5 overs and took all 20 Australian wickets on a slow and wet pitch – and confident batting of Jack Hobbs and C. B. Fry on the last day, allowed England to win the match by 10 wickets.^[3][4]

Parris died in Cuckfield, Sussex.