Sidney Parker

Sidney Parker (1852 - 1897) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1874 to 1875. Early life The Honorable Sidney Parker was born on October 3, 1852, in Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire., 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. By the age of eighteen he had moved to Liverpool and was working as a merchant's apprentice. Rugby union career Parker played his club rugby for Liverpool. He made his winning international debut on February 23, 1874, at The Oval in the fourth meeting of England and Scotland. He again represented England against Scotland the following year in Edinburgh where the match was drawn.