Famous Cricketers No 81 - C.W.L.Parker

21. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 6, 7, 8 (Gloucestershire won by 60 runs) not out 17 165 28 8 73 3 S.P.Kinneir c J.H.Board 229 W.G.Quaife c J.H.Board H.J.Goodwin c T.Langdon b C.S.Baker 23 328 30.3 8 60 4 T.S.Fishwick c G.L.Jessop 204 1 W.G.Quaife lbw A.F.A.Lilley b S.Santall c and b 22. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Bristol, August 10, 11, 12 (Worcestershire won by an innings and 108 runs) st G.W.Gaukrodger b E.G.Arnold 0 100 40 15 129 4 H.K.Foster b 427 G.N.Foster b W.B.Burns b J.A.Cuffe c A.E.Winstone not out 5 219 23. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Cheltenham, August 13, 14, 15 (Gloucestershire won by ten wickets) c C.S.Baker b C.Charlesworth 3 473 16 2 68 0 286 not out 2 23-0 16 5 45 3 C.S.Baker c E.G.Dennett 206 C.Charlesworth c F.B.Roberts A.F.A.Lilley c J.H.Board 24. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Cheltenham, August 17 18 19 (Hampshire won by nine wickets) not out 0 166 14.4 3 34 2 A.K.Campbell b 332 J.Badcock b c J.Stone b J.A.Newman 10 198 1 0 8 0 35-1 25. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Cheltenham, August 20, 21, 22 (Yorkshire won by 182 runs) not out 2 83 16.5 3 53 4 W.Rhodes b 219 H.Myers c E.G.Dennett W.E.Bates b H.Watson b c H.Watson b J.T.Newstead 10 176 10 2 36 1 H.Myers c E.G.Dennett 222 1 26. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Bristol, August 24 25 26 (Gloucestershire won by ten wickets) c W.A.Spring b A.Marshal 10 265 7 2 28 0 134 did not bat - 30-0 9.2 2 31 1 H.D.G.Leveson-Gower c J.H.Board 160 1 27. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Bournemouth, August 27, 28 (Gloucestershire won by four wickets) b C.P.Mead 17 209 13 5 39 0 176 did not bat - 49-6 - - - - 81 28. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Hove, August 31, September (1), 2 (Match drawn) c H.R.Butt b G.R.Cox 0 110 15 3 40 4 R.A.Young c J.H.Board 225 1 R.R.Relf c T.Langdon A.E.Relf lbw G.Leach c and b did not bat - 85-5 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 19 33 11 295 51* 13.40 1 8 Career 28 49 15 357 51* 10.50 1 12 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 587 177 1555 65 7/119 23.92 3 - 54.18 44.15 Career 728 205 1994 80 7/119 24.92 4 - 54.60 45.65 1909 Gloucestershire had a disastrous season in 1909 finishing last in the County Championship with just one victory in 22 matches. Parker played in all 22 taking seventy-four wickets at an average of 25.01. He and Dennett (135 wickets) carried the bowling but the batting was woeful with thirteen completed innings failing to reach three figures. Parker took five wickets in an innings seven times with his best 8