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

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 29 37 2 452 53 12.91 1 5 Other Glos matches 2 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - Other match 1 - - - - - - 2 Season 32 39 2 457 53 12.35 1 7 Career 413 661 124 6080 82 11.32 9 198 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 1590.1 510 3460 183 9/46 18.90 16 7 52.13 36.26 Other Glos matches 92.2 23 276 8 4/43 34.50 - - 69.25 49.81 Other match 36 8 113 2 2/113 56.50 - - 108.00 52.31 Season 1718.3 541 3849 193 9/46 19.94 16 7 53.42 37.32 Career 16542.2 5053 39791 2102 10/79 18.93 174 60 47.21 40.09 1928 In 1928 Parker did not have quite such an effective season. His 143 Championship wickets cost him 22.60 each as compared to the 183 he took at 18.90 in 1927. He had some very effective matches taking thirteen wickets against both Middlesex at Lord’s and against Surrey at Cheltenham. In all matches he took five or more wickets in an innings sixteen times and on five occasions took ten or more wickets in a match. Compared to previous seasons he was used less, bowling 256 fewer overs than in 1927. As a batsman he hit 51 against Nottinghamshire at Gloucester and scored 438 runs in all games at 14.12. He held eleven catches in this his eighteenth full season. Gloucestershire finished fifth in the Championship, their highest position for thirty years. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 414. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 2, 3, 4 (Gloucestershire won by nine wickets) c C.F.Root b D.V.Hill 10 241 27 11 50 1 J.W.King st H.Smith 166 2 did not bat - 121-1 35 19 53 5 H.H.I.H.Gibbons c W.R.Hammond 194 J.W.King lbw L.E.Gale c W.R.Hammond C.F.Root b D.V.Hill st H.Smith 415. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c H.T.Barling b H.A.Peach 31 544 38 14 107 3 H.A.Peach c R.A.Sinfield 418 E.W.J.Brooks b S.Fenley b 34 9 103 1 C.E.Daily b 304-6 416. Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, Gloucester, May 16, 17, 18 (Match drawn) lbw b F.Barratt 51 446 39 7 137 2 W.R.D.Payton c W.H.Rowlands 429 W.A.Flint c W.R.Hammond 417. Gloucestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) c E.T.Benson b E.M.Wellings 15 344 49.4 18 104 5 H.M.Garland-Wells c H.J.H.Alpass 315 1 E.T.Benson lbw C.K.H.Hill-Wood lbw R.W.Skene b R.I.F.McIntosh lbw did not bat - 182-2d 6 2 9 0 44-2 418. Gloucestershire v Kent, Gloucester, May 23, 24, 25 (Kent won by an innings and 66 runs) b A.P.Freeman 7 174 47 9 146 1 L.E.G.Ames lbw 479-6d not out 20 239 419. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Southampton, May 26, 28, 29 (Gloucestershire won by seven wickets) run out 19 279 - - - - 112 1 did not bat - 182-3 29 3 85 1 H.L.V.Day c H.Smith 348 59