Sidney Parker (rugby union)

Sidney Parker

Birth name	Sidney Parker
Date of birth	October 3, 1852
Place of birth	Shirburn Castle, Oxon
Date of death	May 21, 1897
Place of death	Chelsea, London (aged 44 years 230 days)
Occupation(s)	Tea Plantation Owner
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Liverpool[1] () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1874-1875 England 2

Sidney Parker (1852 - 1897) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1874 to 1875.[2]

Early life

The Honorable Sidney Parker was born on October 3, 1852, in Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire.,[2] the fifth son and seventh child of fifteen children of Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield and Lady Mary Frances Grosvenor (1821–1912), daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and sister of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster.[3] By the age of eighteen he had moved to Liverpool and was working as a merchant's apprentice.[4]

Rugby union career

Parker played his club rugby for Liverpool.[1] He made his winning international debut on February 23, 1874,[2] at The Oval in the fourth meeting of England and Scotland.[1] He again represented England against Scotland the following year in Edinburgh where the match was drawn.[1]

Later life

The Hon. Sidney Parker spent much of his time in India and became a Tea Planter in Assam.[5] He owned tea plantations in Assam of over 1,590 statute acres , known as The Oaklands Tea Estate.[6] Samples of tea from his estate were shown at the India and Ceylon exhibition at Earl's Court London, in 1896[7] He died on 21 May 1897 at Hans-house, Hans Street, Middlesex.[8]

References

1. Marshall, Francis, Football; the Rugby union game, p391, (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited)
2. Sidney Parker Profile on espn.co.uk
3. Burke, B. (1858). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. p638, United Kingdom: Harrison.
4. 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 3785; Folio: 72; Page: 14; GSU roll: 841894
5. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 3884; Folio: 91; Page: 23; GSU roll: 6098994
6. The Statist: A Journal of Practical Finance and Trade. (1898). p118, United Kingdom: Published at "The Statist" Office.
7. Official catalogue & guide of the India and Ceylon exhibition : Earl's Court London, 1896, p150, London : J.J. Keliher & Co.
8. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995