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

315. J.B.Joel’s Team v Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, February 13, (14), 16 (Match drawn) c and b C.Maritz 1 442 21 4 50 2 S.K.Coen b 384 L.R.Tuckett b 316. J.B.Joel’s Team v South Africa, Port Elizabeth, February 20, 21, 23, 24 (South Africa won by 21 runs) b E.P.Nupen 2 94 11.3 0 51 2 R.H.Catterall c T.O.Jameson 183 A.E.Hall b b A.E.Hall 3 268 11 1 36 1 A.W.Nourse b 200 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Tour 13 18 5 191 51* 14.69 1 2 Career 316 519 112 4428 82 10.87 5 151 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Tour 284.1 77 721 44 5/39 16.38 1 - 38.75 42.28 Career 11584 3468 28711 1474 10/79 19.47 114 37 47.15 41.30 1925 Parker had a wonderful season in 1925 taking 222 wickets in all matches at an average of 14.91, which put him at the top of the first-class averages. In nine consecutive innings between 23rd May and 9th June he took forty-eight wickets for 429 runs, and between 22nd July and 7th August he took forty-nine in the same number of innings, including seventeen wickets for 56 runs against Essex at Gloucester’s Tuffley Avenue ground. He bowled an enormous number of overs, nearly 1,500 in all matches. He played for the Players against the Gentlemen at Folkestone and for the Rest of England against the Champion County, Yorkshire. With the bat he hit 504 runs at an average of 12 including an innings of 56 against Essex at Leyton, and he held twenty-six catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 317. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Greenbank, Bristol, May (9), 11, 12 (Yorkshire won by 119 runs) c W.Rhodes b R.Kilner 1 82 38.1 14 49 5 P.Holmes c W.R.Hammond 166 W.Rhodes lbw E.Robinson c J.W.Burrough A.W.Lupton b A.Waddington c W.R.Hammond c and b R.Kilner 0 42 13 3 34 1 P.Holmes c G.A.Wedel 77-4d 318. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 13, 14 (Surrey won by an innings and 75 runs) b H.A.Peach 15 187 33 11 81 3 J.B.Hobbs c and b 416-8d 1 A.Jeacocke st B.S.Bloodworth P.G.H.Fender b b P.G.H.Fender 0 154 319. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Southampton, May 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) not out 13 170 35 6 95 1 A.L.Hosie c E.G.Dennett 433-6d 320. Gloucestershire v Essex, Leyton, May 21, 22, 23 (Essex won by five wickets) b G.R.R.Brown 14 177 27 7 56 5 J.A.Cutmore c and b 222 2 J.O’Connor c E.G.Dennett C.A.G.Russell c E.G.Dennett P.A.Perrin c M.G.Salter J.W.H.T.Douglas c A.E.Dipper c R.H.Sharp b A.B.Hipkin 56 291 51.3 25 80 2 J.A.Cutmore c and b 250-5 1 P.A.Perrin b 321. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 23, 25, 26 (Gloucestershire won by 18 runs) c C.F.Root b H.O.Rogers 0 160 31.5 8 86 7 F.A.Pearson c and b 191 3 M.K.Foster c E.G.Dennett C.F.Root c M.A.Green H.O.Rogers c H.Smith R.H.Moss c and b C.J.Wilson c G.A.Wedel C.V.Tarbox c M.A.Green 45