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

86. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Dudley, August 28, 29, 30 (Worcestershire won by 91 runs) not out 1 144 39 11 92 5 F.A.Pearson b 164 1 E.G.Arnold b W.B.Burns b G.N.Foster c J.J.Bowles R.D.Burrows c J.H.Board b J.A.Cuffe 5 100 22 4 61 2 F.L.Bowley lbw 171 1 H.K.Foster c W.M.Brownlee SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 15 26 9 234 26 13.76 - 11 Other Glos match 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - 1 Season 16 27 9 239 26 13.27 - 12 Career 86 149 43 1152 51* 10.86 1 39 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 578.5 160 1483 61 8/48 24.31 3 1 56.93 42.70 Other Glos match 24 7 54 2 1/5 27.00 - - 72.00 37.50 Season 602.5 167 1537 63 8/48 24.39 3 1 57.41 42.49 Career 2437.1 656 6696 283 8/48 23.66 16 2 51.67 45.79 1912 Gloucestershire had a poor season in 1912 winning only three matches and losing eight. For the first time in the county’s history two matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled. Parker and Dennett carried the bowling with very lttle support, Dennett taking 118 wickets and Parker 50. The next highest was thirteen! Parker took five wickets in an innings against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge and against the South African touring team at Bristol. As a batsman he hit 273 runs at an average of 11.37 and he made sixteen catches. His fifty-eight wickets in all games for the county cost him 21.82 each. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 87. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Bristol, May 16, 17, 18 (Warwickshire won by three wickets) c C.S.Baker b W.C.Hands 12 199 24 6 56 2 C.Charlesworth c A.E.Dipper 293 W.G.Quaife c A.S.Nott lbw b W.G.Quaife 7 225 11 2 35 1 C.S.Baker b 132-7 88. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 20, 21 (Surrey won by an innings and 87 runs) c H.S.Bush b E.G.Hayes 16 126 17 1 75 0 410 3 c H.G.Blacklidge b E.G.Hayes 8 197 89. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Bristol, May 23, 24, 25 (Gloucestershire won by 76 runs) c J.Stone b G.Brown 4 225 31 13 54 2 A.S.Kennedy lbw 166 1 G.N.Bignell c and b c H.A.W.Bowell b G.Brown 20 185 10 3 30 0 168 2 90. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Taunton, May 27, 28, 29 (Somerset won by three wickets) not out 10 217 9 2 21 0 293 not out 4 252 22 3 60 3 P.R.Johnson b 180-7 2 E.Robson c G.L.Jessop J.Daniell c P.H.Bell 91. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Bristol, June 10, 11, 12 (Sussex won by five wickets) b A.E.Relf 17 118 20 6 26 4 R.R.Relf c T.Miller 114 J.Vine b A.E.Charlwood b J.H.Vincett b b G.R.Cox 15 173 19 2 57 1 A.E.Relf b 179-5 15