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

164. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Cheltenham, August 18, 19 (Match drawn) b B.C.C.Tipper 0 185 37.5 5 111 7 F.L.Bowley c P.G.Robinson 213 A.T.Cliff c A.E.Dipper B.C.C.Tipper b R.D.Burrows c P.F.C.Williams W.H.Taylor c J.H.Huggins A.J.Conway b E.W.Bale c P.G.Robinson - - - - 32-3 165. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Cheltenham, August 20, 21 (Gloucestershire won by eight wickets) c A.Mounteney b W.C.M.Berridge 25 185 19 7 26 3 W.Brown c H.Smith 79 J.H.King b A.Mounteney c H.Smith did not bat - 96-2 22 6 43 2 C.J.B.Wood c W.S.A.Brown 200 1 W.C.M.Berridge lbw 166. Gloucestershire v Essex, Clifton, August 25, 26 (Match drawn) c G.M.Louden b J.W.H.T.Douglas 2 159 24.3 10 44 4 C.A.G.Russell c P.G.Robinson 141-8 J.R.Freeman lbw J.W.H.T.Douglas c W.S.A.Brown J.G.Dixon c F.G.Robinson 167. Gloucestershire v Australian Imperial Forces, Clifton, August 27, 28 (Match drawn) not out 4 281 26.1 8 70 7 W.L.Trennery b 147 J.M.Gregory b J.M.Taylor b C.E.Pellew lbw H.L.Collins c A.E.Dipper A.W.Lampard b C.S.Winning b 18 5 21 2 C.B.Willis lbw 64-5 J.T.Murray lbw SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 16 25 8 201 30* 11.82 - 14 Other Glos matches 3 3 1 29 25 14.50 - 1 Season 19 28 9 230 30* 12.10 - 15 Career 167 285 77 2292 51* 11.01 1 99 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 605.2 120 1892 69 6/113 27.42 3 1 52.63 52.09 Other Glos matches 146 34 366 23 7/70 10.11 2 - 38.08 41.78 Season 751.2 154 2258 92 7/70 24.54 5 1 49.00 50.08 Career 5200.1 1346 14269 559 8/48 25.52 25 3 55.81 45.73 1920 Parker was the mainstay of the Gloucestershire attack in 1920 taking 125 wickets at an average of 15.79. Wisden states that he was mainly responsible for a weak side winning eight County matches that season. Amongst many outstanding performances, he achieved the best figures of his career to date, a haul of 9 for 35 against Leicestershire at Cheltenham - 14 for 57 in the match. He took five wickets or more in an innings ten times and on four occasions took ten wickets or more in a match. He took twenty-six wickets against Leicestershire in four innings and 12 for 107 against Somerset at Taunton. As a batsman he made only 171 runs in thirty-one innings, average 6.84, and he took eight catches. 23