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

1927 Parker had another highly successful season in 1927 taking 183 wickets in the Championship at an average of 18.90, including sixteen five-wicket hauls and seven of ten wickets or more in a match. He took 9 for 46 against Northamptonshire at Northampton, fourteen for 96 in the match, and he also took nine wickets, for 103, against Somerset at Bristol. His match figures were 16 for 154. To show his partiality against Northamptonshire he took fifteen wickets for 173 runs in the return game at Gloucester. He bowled a lot of overs again, seven times bowling fifty overs or more in an innings and on four other occasions more than sixty. As a batsman his best effort was an innings of 53 against Lancashire at Old Trafford. He made 457 runs at 12.35 and took seven catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 382. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Gloucester, May 7, 9, 10 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 21 runs) not out 18 189 54 14 180 3 P.Holmes c W.R.Hammond 468-5d E.Oldroyd c W.R.Hammond M.Leyland c R.A.Sinfield b E.Robinson 44 258 383. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) b T.F.Shepherd 2 406 49 13 122 4 A.Sandham c H.Smith 557-7d A.Jeacocke b A.Ducat b C.E.Daily c A.E.Dipper b T.F.Shepherd 31 363 6 4 2 1 C.E.Daily st H.Smith 31-1 384. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Dewsbury, May 14, 16, 17 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 2 runs) c A.Dolphin b W.Rhodes 0 134 56.5 18 126 4 P.Holmes c W.H.Rowlands 318 H.Sutcliffe b R.Kilner c W.R.Hammond A.W.Lupton c W.R.Hammond c A.W.Lupton b G.G.Macaulay 1 182 385. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) b E.A.Macdonald 19 235 40 13 84 2 F.B.Watson c W.R.Hammond 336 J.Iddon lbw b R.K.Tyldesley 53 510 386. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Hinckley, May 21, 23, 24 (Leicestershire won by 279 runs) b A.Skelding 0 87 50 23 86 4 N.F.Armstrong c A.E.Dipper 243 W.E.Astill c A.E.Dipper S.S.Coulson b T.E.Sidwell st H.Smith c T.E.Sidwell b A.Skelding 0 148 36 18 61 4 A.W.Shipman c H.Smith 271-5d N.F.Armstrong lbw J.C.Bradshaw c W.H.Rowlands W.E.Astill c W.R.Hammond 387. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Bristol, May 25, 26, 27 (Middlesex won by an innings and 158 runs) c W.F.F.Price b N.E.Haig 33 225 66.1 11 149 4 C.D.Gray st H.Smith 491-7d S.L.Beton c W.R.Hammond R.H.Hill b A.R.Tanner st H.Smith c J.W.Hearne b J.A.Powell 1 108 388. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Southampton, May 28, 30, 31 (Match drawn) c W.H.Livsey b A.S.Kennedy 2 320 41 10 129 3 G.Brown lbw 421 A.E.Pothecary c E.J.Stephens L.H.Tennyson c D.F.Pope did not bat - 337-4d - - - - 135-4 389. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Bristol, June 1, 2, 3 (Lancashire won by an innings and 41 runs) lbw b J.Iddon 7 180 63 16 150 3 J.Iddon st H.Smith 469 1 G.Duckworth c T.W.J.Goddard F.Webster c J.G.W.T.Bessant b J.Iddon 15 248 390. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Taunton, June 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) lbw b W.T.Greswell 0 331 62 34 71 3 R.A.Ingle b 427 M.D.Lyon c W.H.Rowlands C.C.C.Case lbw 55