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

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 1382.4 512 3098 167 7/37 18.55 17 5 49.67 37.34 Other Glos match 32 10 75 3 3/25 25.00 - - 64.00 39.06 Other match 16.1 0 56 2 1/18 28.00 - - 48.50 57.73 Season 1430.5 522 3229 172 7/37 18.77 17 5 49.91 37.61 Career 9985.5 2976 25077 1226 10/79 20.45 93 28 48.87 41.85 1924 Wisden describes Parker’s season of 1924 as “nothing short of a triumph”. He took 184 wickets in the Championship at the remarkably low average of 13.51. Amongst his many great bowling feats, that against Middlesex at the Greenbank Ground, Bristol stands out. He took fourteen wickets in the match for 131 runs including the hat-trick in both innings. Twenty times he took more than five wickets in an innings and he took ten or more wickets in a match on nine occasions. He took fifteen wickets for 109 against Derbyshire at Derby and 8 for 26 in the first innings against Essex at Bristol. He represented the Players against the Gentlemen at Blackpool. As a batsman he scored 251 runs at an average of 6.78 and he took ten catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 273. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Gloucester, May (10), 12, 13 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) c G.G.Macaulay b R.Kilner 0 68 21.3 10 27 4 W.Rhodes b 98 E.Robinson lbw G.G.Macaulay b A.Waddington b b G.G.Macaulay 7 42 4 2 5 2 P.Holmes b 14-2 H.Sutcliffe b 274. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Greenbank, Bristol, May 14, 15 (Sussex won by an innings and 16 runs) not out 17 79 40 14 75 4 A.H.H.Gilligan b 300 A.J.Holmes st H.Smith A.E.R.Gilligan c H.Smith J.K.Mathews c F.G.Rogers b G.R.Cox 0 205 275. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 17, 19, 20 (Middlesex won by 216 runs) b N.E.Haig 3 139 32 10 65 5 H.L.Dales b 182 H.W.Lee b J.W.Hearne lbw N.E.Haig c W.R.Hammond R.H.Hill lbw b J.W.Hearne 2 122 42.2 15 78 3 E.H.Hendren b 295-7d N.E.Haig c E.G.Dennett A.R.Tanner c F.G.Rogers 276. Gloucestershire v South Africans, Bristol, May (21), 22, 23 (Match drawn) lbw b J.M.Blanckenberg 0 92 24.3 7 41 4 H.W.Taylor b 162 1 G.A.L.Hearne c P.T.Mills T.A.Ward b S.J.Pegler c A.E.Dipper did not bat - 19-1 9 3 17 1 H.W.Taylor lbw 126-8d 277. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Greenbank, Bristol, May 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) st H.Strudwick b S.Fenley 16 184-9d 25.3 9 61 7 H.G.Baldwin b 183 W.J.Abel c B.H.Lyon T.F.Shepherd c B.H.Lyon H.A.Peach b J.W.Hitch c A.E.Dipper W.C.H.Sadler c A.E.Dipper H.Strudwick c E.G.Dennett c H.Strudwick b T.F.Shepherd 0 93-7 28.2 5 87 4 D.R.Jardine c B.H.Lyon 225 H.A.Peach c W.R.Hammond T.S.Jennings c W.R.Gouldsworthy S.Fenley c B.S.Bloodworth 39