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

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - County Championship 28 45 6 483 56 12.38 1 20 Other Glos match 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - 4 Other matches 2 1 0 10 10 10.00 - 2 Season 32 48 6 504 56 12.00 1 26 Career 348 567 118 4932 82 10.98 6 177 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Players v Gentlemen 19.5 4 44 6 5/42 7.33 1 - 19.83 36.97 Championship 1336.4 447 2930 200 9/44 14.65 23 8 40.10 36.53 Other Glos match 65.5 26 110 6 3/42 18.33 - - 65.83 27.84 Other matches 77 10 227 10 6/101 22.70 1 - 46.20 49.13 Season 1499.2 487 3311 222 9/44 14.91 25 8 40.52 36.80 Career 13083.2 3955 32022 1696 10/79 18.88 139 45 46.28 40.79 1926 Parker continued his destructive form in 1926 taking 198 wickets in Championship matches alone, although his average rose to 17.68. He bowled an enormous number of overs, 1572, and there is no doubt that he was severely overbowled at times. He took five wickets in an innings eighteen times and ten wickets in a match on eight occasions. He was called into the Test squad at Headingley but omitted on the morning of the match. He was selected twice for the Players against the Gentlemen and for South of England against the Australians. His batting brought him 691 runs at an average of 13.54 and included an innings of 73 against Derbyshire at the Greenbank ground in Bristol. He took fourteen catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 349. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Gloucester, May 8, (10), (11) (Match drawn) did not bat - 79-1 22.1 5 75 4 G.E.Tyldesley c E.G.Morrison 145 F.B.Watson c E.G.Morrison E.A.Macdonald c B.S.Bloodworth C.H.Parkin b 350. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 12, 14 (Surrey won by an innings and 53 runs) b T.F.Shepherd 4 135 46 12 137 4 A.Sandham st H.Smith 426-8d A.Ducat st H.Smith P.G.H.Fender c B.H.Lyon H.G.Baldwin c B.S.Bloodworth not out 46 238 351. Gloucestershire v Kent, Gravesend, May 15, 17, 18 (Kent won by seven wickets) c J.C.Hubble b H.T.W.Hardinge 25 204 40 12 78 4 H.T.W.Hardinge c P.T.Mills 320 J.A.Deed b J.C.Hubble b A.L.Hilder hit wkt lbw b H.T.W.Hardinge 16 206 12 4 22 2 F.E.Woolley c H.Smith 93-3 W.H.Ashdown c T.W.J.Goddard 352. Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire, Northampton, May 19, 20 (Gloucestershire won by 69 runs) b V.W.C.Jupp 1 54 31.4 10 62 7 H.F.Bagnall st H.Smith 126 R.L.Wright lbw J.E.Timms st H.Smith T.B.G.Welch b B.W.Bellamy c P.T.Mills J.M.Fitzroy b A.E.Thomas c J.G.W.T.Bessant 50