Dick Richards (cricketer)
Dick Stanley Richards 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.
