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{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = William Parker
|               image =
|             country =
|            fullname = William Henry Parker
|          birth_date = {{birth date|1862|10|13|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Collingwood, Victoria|Collingwood]], [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], Australia
|          death_date = {{death date and age|1930|9|11|1862|10|13|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [[Dunedin]], [[Otago]], New Zealand
|             batting =
|             bowling = Right-arm [[legbreak]]
|                role =
|               club1 = [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1880/81–1896/97}}
|                date = 20 May
|                year = 2016
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38162.html CricInfo
}}
'''William Henry Parker''' (13 October 1862 – 11 September 1930) was an Australian-born [[cricket]]er. He played 25 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches in New Zealand for [[Otago cricket team|Otago]] between the 1880–81 and 1896–97 seasons.<ref name=ci>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38162.html William Parker], [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 20 May 2016.</ref>
Parker was born at [[Collingwood, Victoria|Collingwood]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] in 1862.<ref name=mc>McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 104. Cardiff: [[The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]]. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the [[Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]]. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)</ref> He was a noted boxer in the youth, and was trained by [[Jem Mace]] who encouraged Parker to become a professional, although Parker chose to pursue his business opportunities instead.<ref name=obit>Dunedin notes, ''Lake Wakatip Mail'', issue 3967, 23 September 1930, p. 5. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LWM19300923.2.28 Available online] at [[Papers Past]]. Retrieved 5 December 2023.)</ref>
He played club cricket for Albion Cricket Club and Grange Cricket Club in [[Dunedin]] and made his representative debut for Otago in February 1881, scoring seven runs and not taking a wicket in a match against [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]] at [[Hagley Oval|Christchurch]]. He went on to play regularly for the side in provincial cricket from the 1883–84 season, scoring 412 runs and taking 31 wickets in a total of 25 first-class matches.<ref name=obit/><ref name=note>Personal, ''[[Evening Star (Dunedin)|Evening Star]]'', issue 20591, 17 September 1930, p. 9. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19300917.2.99 Available online] at [[Papers Past]]. Retrieved 5 December 2023.)</ref><ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22637/22637.html William Parker], CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 December 2023. {{subscription required}}</ref> He captained Otago in some matches and after his death the members of Albion, one of his former clubs, noted that Parker had been "one of the best players that Otago ever had".<ref name=note/>
Professionally Parker worked in the [[Tanning (leather)|tanning]] industry, owning a tannery in the [[North East Valley]] area of [[Dunedin]].<ref name=obit/> He also umpired first-class matches.<ref name=mc/> He died at Dunedin in 1930 at the age of 67.<ref name=ci/>
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