{{short description|South African cricketer and British Army soldier}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = South Africa | fullname = Wilfred John Parry | birth_date = 17 August 1910 | birth_place = Durban, Natal, South Africa | death_date = {{death date and age|1942|7|23|1910|8|17|df=yes}} | death_place = Ruweisat Ridge, Kingdom of Egypt | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Natal | year1 = 1930/31 | club2 = Rhodesia | year2 = 1935/36 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 93 | bat avg1 = 23.25 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 47 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 12 June | year = 2022 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/46734.html Cricinfo }}
'''Wilfred John Parry''' (17 August 1910 – 23 July 1942) was a South African first-class cricketer and British Army soldier.
The son of Llewellyn and Edith Parry, he was born at Durban in August 1910.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|last=McCrery|first=Nigel|title=The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYQwDwAAQBAJ|date=30 July 2017|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=9781526706973|pages=223–4|volume=2nd}}</ref> Parry made his debut in first-class cricket for Natal against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club at Durban in November 1930. His second first-class appearance came for Natal against the same opposition a little under two months later at Pietermaritzburg. Five years later in 1936, Parry made a third and final appearance in first-class cricket for Rhodesia against the touring Australians at Bulawayo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5189/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Wilfred Parry|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-06-12|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 93 runs at an average of 23.25,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5189/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Wilfred Parry|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-06-12|url-access=subscription}}</ref> with his highest score of 47 coming against the touring Australians.<ref name="BOOK"/>
Parry served in the British Army during the Second World War as a corporal in the 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. The 1st Battalion saw action in the North African campaign, as part of the 7th Armoured Division. Parry took part in the Battle of Sidi Rezegh in November 1941, while in July 1942 he took part in the First Battle of El Alamein. It was during this battle that Parry was killed in action on 23 July. He is commemorated at the El Alamein War Cemetery.<ref name="BOOK"/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Parry, Wilfred}} Category:1910 births Category:1942 deaths Category:Cricketers from Durban Category:Military personnel from Durban Category:South African cricketers Category:KwaZulu-Natal cricketers Category:Rhodesia cricketers Category:King's Royal Rifle Corps soldiers Category:British Army personnel of World War II Category:British Army personnel killed in World War II