Parker quits U.K. cricket
' tX.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND. John Parker, 25-year-old I Northern Districts, ! Worcestershire and New Zealand cricketer, will cut short his five-year career as a professional cricketer in England and, later this month, take up a partnership in a sports goods store in Hamilton. Parker will be in partnership with Mr Brent Hilton, a former Eden-Roskill colleague of Parker’s and Parker’s wife of two weeks, the former Lyn Gunson, the New Zealand netball vice-captain, also will be involved in the enterprise. “I am really delighted about this move,” said Parker yesterday. “Right from the start of my snorting career I had [always-thought I would like Ito be involved in a sports [shop or a sports centre — [and in New Zealand, not overseas.
“I don’t really regret pulling out of county cricket, I never intended to stay in England for a long time.’’
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34123, 8 April 1976, Page 18
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