Full name Dick Stanley Richards Name Dick Richards 1927–1935 Sussex | Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 10 September 1908 ( 1908-09-10 ) Bognor, Sussex, England Died 13 November 1995(1995-11-13) (aged 87)
Worthing, Sussex, England Relations Jim Parks, Sr. (brother-in-law)
Henry Parks (brother-in-law)
Jim Parks, Jr. (nephew)
Bobby Parks (great-nephew) | ||
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
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.